Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival Society
Charitable organization · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 727575920RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($115,457) as filed with the CRA.
Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival Society is a charitable organization based in Lethbridge, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $155K in revenue and $115K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
To operate music festivals and encourage artistic growth through amateur performance in the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $155K | $115K | $37K | — | — | $922K |
| 2023 | $44K | $112K | $44K | — | — | $882K |
| 2022 | $71K | $101K | $53K | — | — | $951K |
| 2021 | $141K | $69K | $57K | — | — | $981K |
| 2020 | $165K | $41K | $2,128 | — | — | $908K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $16K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$35K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandra Brunelle (president); Breanne Fuller (vice-president); Lyndon Hutchinson (director); Valeria Lazzaretto (secretary); Majda Pahulje (treasurer); Tanya Arnold (director); Karen Kay (director); Bryce Johnson (director); Sheila Matson (director); David Mikuliak (director); Craig Churchward (director); Keelan Cashmore (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 727575920RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.