Kamloops Symphony Society
Charitable organization · Kamloops, British Columbia · BN 118977305RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,447,617) as filed with the CRA.
Kamloops Symphony Society is a charitable organization based in Kamloops, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 21% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $95K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $4,757 in 2024, the largest being $4,757 to B.C. Interior Community Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The primary purpose of the kamloops symphony ochestra (kso) is to engage and enrich the citizens of kamloops and the thompson valley region of interior british columbia through music. Considered a cornerstone of the cultural fabric of kamloops a city roughly 100 000 the kamlopps sympony's promary activity is the presentation of high quality professional of high quality orchestral concerts based in western classical music. Historically this has been accomplished through the presentation of nine to ten annual programs and up to eighteen performances in kamloops and the neighbouring city of …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $17K | — | $59K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $18K | $2,428 | $182K |
| 2022 | $1M | $1M | $919K | $36K | $6,394 | $165K |
| 2021 | $1M | $884K | $789K | $31K | $3,035 | $195K |
| 2020 | $1M | $952K | $847K | $40K | $10K | $73K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4,757 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $95K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$260K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John McDonald (president); Tyler Klymchuk (treasurer); Lisa Fuller (director); Lucille Gnanasihamany (director); Gabrielle Klein (director); Steve Powrie (vice-president); Simon Walter (director); Christina Gauley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kamloops Symphony Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118977305RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.