Festival Antigonish Society
Charitable organization · Antigonish, Nova Scotia · BN 886201599RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($849,167) as filed with the CRA.
Festival Antigonish Society is a charitable organization based in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $873K in revenue and $849K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 21% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $151K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $574K in 2020 to $873K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Festival Antigonish Society provided a season of theatrical performance theatrical workshops and theatre camps.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $873K | $849K | $367K | — | — | $37K |
| 2023 | $781K | $700K | $195K | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $615K | $484K | $161K | $0 | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $326K | $326K | $57K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $574K | $615K | $310K | $3,311 | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $151K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$568K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chad Relf (board member); Joseph Khoury (chair); Peggy Gallant (vice chair); Ken Kingston (secretary); Eric Atkinson (board member); Minoli Amit (board member); Brianna Lynch (board member); Amanda Cockshutt (ex officio board member); Natasha MacKinnon (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Festival Antigonish Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886201599RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.