Celtic Colours Festival Society
Charitable organization · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 888247970RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,077,426) as filed with the CRA.
Celtic Colours Festival Society is a charitable organization based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from government.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2021 to $2M in 2024.
In its own words
The celtic colours festival society is dedicated to advancing the public's appreciation of the arts by annually producing the celtic colours international festival on cape breton island nova scotia. We also aim to advance the education of the public by providing workshops performances and presentations about celtic music arts heritage and culture and the gaelic language as well as providing publicly available bursaries to students studying the gaelic language and celtic culture.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2.1M | $1.9M | — | — | $139K |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $2M | — | — | $260K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $2.1M | $133K | $26K | — | $259K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $0 | — | $0 | $488K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$540K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Celtic Colours Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888247970RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.