John Arcand Fiddle Fest Inc.
Charitable organization · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 872090808RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($480,308) as filed with the CRA.
John Arcand Fiddle Fest Inc. is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, it reported $174K in revenue and $480K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from government.
Compared with 638 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $436K in 2022, the largest being $436K to GABRIEL DUMONT INSTITUTE OF NATIVE STUDIES AND APPLIED RESEARCH Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $87K in 2020 to $174K in 2022.
In its own words
To promote and preserve fiddle music and dance. Free workshops are offered as part of our annual festival ensuring cultural traditions will be carried on into the future. Daytime programming workshops evening concerts old time dances and competitions are held at our annual festival.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $174K | $480K | $863 | — | $436K | $5,974 |
| 2021 | $87K | $78K | $13K | $645 | — | $313K |
| 2020 | $87K | $77K | $8,439 | $1,214 | — | $304K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Granted $436K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$34K
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 John Arcand Fiddle Fest Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872090808RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.