Chedabucto Bay Folk Society
Charitable organization · Canso, Nova Scotia · BN 889269437RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($911,082) as filed with the CRA.
Chedabucto Bay Folk Society is a charitable organization based in Canso, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $939K in revenue and $911K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from government. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $96.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $215K in 2020 to $939K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Operating the annual folk music festival Stan Rogers Folk Festival as well as other concerts to showcase regional and national artists. The Society's aim is to develop the talents of musicians throughout Eastern Nova Scotia.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $939K | $911K | $771K | — | — | $368K |
| 2023 | $692K | $776K | $644K | — | — | $340K |
| 2022 | $574K | $611K | $611K | — | — | $424K |
| 2021 | $296K | $196K | $196K | — | — | $460K |
| 2020 | $215K | $154K | $154K | — | — | $371K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $96 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$126K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charlene Boudreau (director); Bill Macmillan (vice chairman); Mark Haynes (director); Barry Lumsden (secretary); Mary Leblanc (director); Jim Muise; Susan Cashin.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chedabucto Bay Folk Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889269437RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.