Foundation for the Victoria Symphony
Public foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 119285278RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,097,545) as filed with the CRA.
Foundation for the Victoria Symphony is a public foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 23% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $45K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $2.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Managing and investing funds (general + future fund) soliciting and collecting bequests + donations distributing funds to support music in victoria b.c.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $1.1M | — | — | $1M | $17M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $880K | — | — | $810K | $15.4M |
| 2022 | -$512K | $591K | — | — | $487K | $13.8M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $514K | — | — | $410K | $14.9M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $738K | — | — | $640K | $11.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $45K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Terence Scandrett (president); Brian Butler (director); Lynn Tetarenko (secretary); Timothy Rendell (treasurer); Tom De Faye (director); Alan Hollingworth (director); Peter Jando (director); Thomas Siemens (director); Katherine Bishop (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Foundation for the Victoria Symphony’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119285278RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.