Edmonton Jazz Festival Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 811083070RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($507,152) as filed with the CRA.
Edmonton Jazz Festival 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 $492K in revenue and $507K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 43% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,234.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,000 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to Ckua Radio Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $320K in 2020 to $492K in 2024.
In its own words
Celebrating and promoting jazz as an art form through the delivery of a multi-day jazz music festival educational workshops for students and the creation of performance and development opportunities for aspiring and professional jazz musician. Programs are supported by voluteer program community partnerships and both private & public contributions.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $492K | $507K | $373K | — | $1,000 | $212K |
| 2023 | $518K | $638K | — | — | — | $227K |
| 2022 | $606K | $609K | $327K | — | — | $348K |
| 2021 | $170K | $213K | — | — | — | $351K |
| 2020 | $320K | $237K | — | — | — | $393K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,000 to 1 qualified donee:
- Ckua Radio Foundation$1,000
Received $9,234 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$43K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Edmonton Jazz Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 811083070RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.