Georgian Bay Folk Society
Charitable organization · Owen Sound, Ontario · BN 118937267RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($593,864) as filed with the CRA.
Georgian Bay Folk Society is a charitable organization based in Owen Sound, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $524K in revenue and $594K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from government, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $195K in 2020 to $524K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Promote folk music through concerts dances folk dance and the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival one annual weekend festival plus a few winter cultural events.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $524K | $594K | $461K | — | — | -$156K |
| 2023 | $634K | $780K | $619K | — | — | -$84K |
| 2022 | $747K | $692K | $528K | $600 | — | $71K |
| 2021 | $436K | $462K | $330K | — | — | $17K |
| 2020 | $195K | $166K | $62K | — | — | $42K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$83K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alexander Little (president); Kimberly Moore (director); Steve Kenny (vice president); Devin Morrison (treasurer); Dave Rosenfeld (director); Bill Hewitt (director); Caity Dyck (director); Aleya Chattopadhyay (director); Andrea Ingham.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Georgian Bay Folk Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118937267RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.