Jazz East Rising Association
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 888819190RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,433,631) as filed with the CRA.
Jazz East Rising Association is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $547K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Halifax jazz festival creative music workshop jazz labs public workshops and seminars evergreen stage.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.1M | — | — | -$590K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $18K | — | -$325K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.1M | $3,496 | — | -$173K |
| 2021 | $788K | $768K | $532K | $5,044 | — | -$32K |
| 2020 | $547K | $432K | $275K | $1,046 | — | -$52K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $21K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$151K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Killawee (president); Olga Manzoni (past president); Lauren Sullivan (treasurer); Eleanor Fitzpatrick (vice-president); Paul Chui (secretary); Fred Fiander (director); Soumya Markandeya (director); Leonard Preyera (director); Charles Hsuen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jazz East Rising Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888819190RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.