Highs & Lows Choral Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 761279124RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($32,852) as filed with the CRA.
Highs & Lows Choral Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 $33K in revenue and $33K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government, 22% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,335.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $13K in 2020 to $33K in 2024.
In its own words
Choir rehearsals and free public performances (15 in 2024) at care homes community organizations parks & community centres.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $33K | $33K | $29K | — | $0 | $13K |
| 2023 | $27K | $30K | $27K | — | $0 | $13K |
| 2022 | $23K | $20K | $17K | — | — | $16K |
| 2021 | $17K | $17K | $16K | — | — | $13K |
| 2020 | $13K | $9,581 | $8,434 | — | — | $13K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,335 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$16K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Highs & Lows Choral Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 761279124RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.