ChamberFest West Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 763159746RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($501,345) as filed with the CRA.
ChamberFest West Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $496K in revenue and $501K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $158K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100K in 2024, the largest being $100K to The Calgary Foundation.
In its own words
The society presents an intensive summer chamber music festival that features internationally renowned musicians explores unique and immersive thematic programming and creates original engaging musical experiences for its audiences. The society has added community outreach and educational activities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $496K | $501K | $313K | $50K | $100K | $559K |
| 2023 | $409K | $345K | $299K | $16K | — | $564K |
| 2022 | $692K | $192K | $133K | $39K | — | $501K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100K to 1 qualified donee:
- The Calgary Foundation$100K
Received $158K from 10 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$125K
- Place2Give Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,625
- Canada Gives$5,000
- Carthy Foundation$3,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,592
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,500
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,000
- Wayne Foo Foundation$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$74K
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 ChamberFest West Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 763159746RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.