Comox Valley Folk Society
Charitable organization · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 890908171RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,264,317) as filed with the CRA.
Comox Valley Folk Society is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% 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 85% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $304K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The charity carried out its charitable purpose to preserve and promote music in the comox valley and surrounding areas and to develop and offer all interested persons programs and functions to fulfill this mandate. The charity held various concerts locally and held its annual musicfest event.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $76K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $159K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1.2M | — | — | $187K |
| 2021 | $150K | $232K | $201K | — | — | -$45K |
| 2020 | $304K | $311K | $255K | — | — | $37K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Krugel (secretary); Brenda Nicholls (director); Laurie Janzen (treasurer); Jay Oddleifson (president); Paul Vroom (director); Beverly Weber (director); Anne Farrer (director); Kate Carlson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Comox Valley Folk Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890908171RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.