Great Canadian Town Band Festival
Charitable organization · Newcastle, Ontario · BN 861145423RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,339) as filed with the CRA.
Great Canadian Town Band Festival is a charitable organization based in Newcastle, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $4,331 in revenue and $3,339 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $363 in 2020 to $4,331 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Band performed concert to celebrate 125th anniversary of the orono town hall
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4,331 | $3,339 | $3,278 | — | — | $1,588 |
| 2023 | $9,057 | $8,520 | $6,853 | — | — | $596 |
| 2022 | $5,252 | $5,499 | $5,114 | — | — | $1,485 |
| 2021 | — | $60 | — | — | — | $305 |
| 2020 | $363 | $65 | — | — | — | $365 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$3,278
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Climenhage (treasurer); Herbert Poole (artistic director); Marlowe Bork (director); Timothy Booth (presdient); Susan Dustan (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Great Canadian Town Band Festival’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861145423RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.