Cosmopolitan Music Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 106987407RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($548,655) as filed with the CRA.
Cosmopolitan Music Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $576K in revenue and $549K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 28% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group. 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 $333K in 2020 to $576K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Cosmoplitan music society (cms) provides the opportunity for amateur adult musicians to perform quality concert band and choral music as an educational and recreational endeavor. Cms musicians perform under professional music direction at all amateur performance levels from absolute beginner to advanced. Musicians rehearse once per week for each ensemble from september to june and perform several times per year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $576K | $549K | $355K | $98K | — | $131K |
| 2023 | $461K | $543K | $369K | $57K | — | $104K |
| 2022 | $267K | $319K | $192K | $34K | — | $186K |
| 2021 | $251K | $218K | $105K | $33K | — | $238K |
| 2020 | $333K | $319K | $198K | $55K | — | $206K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 3 charities:
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$128K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roger Abbott (director at large); Karen Atkinson (president); Tom Love (director at large); Michelle Mark (director at large); Aidan McBride (vice-president); Greg Yanda (secretary); Margaret Zapf (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cosmopolitan Music Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106987407RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.