Garden City Electronic Music Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 730327095RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($109,301) as filed with the CRA.
Garden City Electronic Music Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, 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 $110K in revenue and $109K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from government, 28% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,426.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $51K in 2020 to $110K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Arts presentations featuring live electronic music and multi-media art. Workshops and educational events relating to electronic music and media art. Other events that engage the general public in electronic music media art and music technology.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $110K | $109K | $94K | $5,477 | — | -$13K |
| 2023 | $111K | $114K | $96K | $7,194 | — | -$6,178 |
| 2022 | $190K | $238K | $220K | $8,736 | — | -$3,384 |
| 2021 | $108K | $63K | $50K | $5,643 | — | $45K |
| 2020 | $51K | $46K | $41K | — | — | -$765 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,426 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alexander Bell (director-at-large); Sarah Bedard (president); Bradley Kurushima (vice-president); David Bodrug (treasurer); Cindy Reichel (director / seattle liason); William Shulba (past-president); Michael Benneyworth (secretary); Quinn Dawson (director-at-large); Jennifer Tosoff (director-at-large); Baven Pillay (director-at-large); Tobias Van Veen (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Garden City Electronic Music Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 730327095RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.