Dreamspeakers Festival Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 132950791RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($422,267) as filed with the CRA.
Dreamspeakers Festival Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $358K in revenue and $422K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,175.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Rubaboo arts festival arts in the alley walk of honor tribute.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $358K | $422K | — | — | — | -$109K |
| 2023 | $391K | $385K | — | — | — | -$44K |
| 2022 | $326K | $323K | — | — | — | -$51K |
| 2021 | $248K | $272K | $91K | — | — | -$54K |
| 2020 | $243K | $291K | $109K | — | — | -$30K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,175 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$52K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lese Skidmore (secretary); Cora-Lee Fedoruk (treasurer); Joyce Johnson (president); Travis Greatrix (vice president); Luann Chalifoux (director); Norma-Jean Chalifoux (director); Elda Glover (director); Talon Giroux (director); Jessica Daniels (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dreamspeakers Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132950791RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.