Hard Rubber New Music Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 138835871RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($91,730) as filed with the CRA.
Hard Rubber New Music Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $94K in revenue and $92K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $739.
Compared with 89 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Hard rubber new music society supports the development documentation and live presentation of original music. 2023-2024 featured three sound palace multi-media shows curated by '...' on october 14 2023 '...' on march 23 2024 and '...' on may 11. All three events were presented to a total audience of 123 at vcc broadway auditorium. A free presentation of the 17-piece creative ensemble absolute unit was presented to about 150 at the woodwards' atrium on november 25 2023. Five new works for jazz orchestra were presented to an audience of 163 at the sfuw wong theatre on saturday may 25 20…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $94K | $92K | $69K | — | — | $12K |
| 2023 | $89K | $89K | $70K | — | — | $610K |
| 2022 | $109K | $105K | $85K | — | — | $10K |
| 2021 | $96K | $95K | $79K | — | — | $6,160 |
| 2020 | $74K | $74K | $59K | — | — | $5,078 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $739 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Hurst (secretary); Scott Paterson (president); Paris Forrer (treasurer); Pandora Yeung (director); Phil Daum (director); Bruce Robertson (director); Little Woo (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hard Rubber New Music Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 138835871RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.