Grey County Kiwanis Festival of Music
Charitable organization · Owen Sound, Ontario · BN 118948025RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($65,737) as filed with the CRA.
Grey County Kiwanis Festival of Music is a charitable organization based in Owen Sound, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $69K in revenue and $66K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations, 29% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $22K.
Compared with 986 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 86% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $30K in 2020 to $69K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Founded in 1932 the organization holds a competitive music festival for 2 weeks every april. The festival provides opportunities for music and performing arts students from owen sound and surrounding area to be with professional adjudicators and to perform before an audience. Financial awards and scholarships are presented to assist musicians and performers in their careers. Sponsorships is also provided for recommended participants to attend the ontario music festivals association (omfa) provincial finals.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $69K | $66K | $34K | $300 | — | $83K |
| 2023 | $49K | $62K | $24K | — | — | $80K |
| 2022 | $48K | $44K | $14K | $1,039 | — | $92K |
| 2021 | $40K | $44K | $20K | $1,039 | — | $88K |
| 2020 | $30K | $23K | $15K | — | — | $92K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $22K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Russell Pierson (director); Linda Hawkins (chair); Colleen Trask (treasurer); Karen Schlacht (director); Kevin Dandeno (vice-chair); Mary Dickson (director); Elaine Anderson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Grey County Kiwanis Festival of Music’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118948025RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.