Cowtown Opera Company Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 804681906RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2020-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($179,660) as filed with the CRA.
Cowtown Opera Company Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, it reported $95K in revenue and $180K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 28% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2020, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,534.
Compared with 1,157 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $17K in 2020, the largest being $10K to Calgary Opera Association. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
3-4 major performances per year; private function performances; a summer academy for aspiring performers. Between February 1 and June 14 2020 the only activity of the charity was in relation to winding up. All activity ceased after June 14 2020.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2020
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $95K | $180K | $24K | $0 | $17K | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Granted $17K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $4,534 from 2 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,534
- The Calgary Foundation$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$73K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2020)
Carrie Kalmykov (president); Del Simon (secretary); Eileen Kwan (director); Steve Warme (director); Peter Claghorn (treasurer); Brenda Lang (vice-president).
As listed on its 2020 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cowtown Opera Company Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 804681906RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.