Jazz is Society of Alberta
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 864292727RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($560,764) as filed with the CRA.
Jazz is Society of Alberta is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $525K in revenue and $561K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 40% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $38K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $282K in 2020 to $525K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
(a) to advance the public's appreciation of the arts by providing high quality public performances of jazz music; (b) to advance education by providing learning activities for aspiring young jazz musicians that include opportunities to perform in public and by increasing the public's knowledge of jazz through concerts presentations and information material; (c) to advance education by providing publicly available scholarships to musicians to undertake study of jazz performance; and (d) to undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above charitable purpose…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $525K | $561K | $544K | $17K | $0 | $170K |
| 2023 | $473K | $573K | — | — | $5,859 | $206K |
| 2022 | $588K | $608K | $590K | $9,333 | — | $327K |
| 2021 | $414K | $306K | $282K | — | — | $347K |
| 2020 | $282K | $256K | $209K | $34K | — | $229K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $38K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$123K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bamise Onifade (director); Andrew Nisbet (director); Ross Crooks (vice president); Megan Freeman (director); Maham Aftab (director); Shelley Cameron (director); Darren Cooper (director); Crow Michael (director); Glennis Houston (director); Arthur Khachatryan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jazz is Society of Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864292727RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.