Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance
Publicly funded institution · Lunenburg, Nova Scotia · BN 819121484RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($461,911) as filed with the CRA.
Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance is a charitable organization based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $303K in revenue and $462K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 56% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $456K in 2020 to $303K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Rossini opera festival nova scotia operates the lunenburg academy of music performance (lamp) a center for advanced studies of music interpretation and performance located in the 1895 lunenburg academy. This non-academic training school support development of emerging artists age 35 and under through diverse programs led by the top canadian and international performing artists of our time ensuring instruction and mentorship at the highest possible level. Lamp also shares the richness of talent coming through its doors and great music of all kinds through extensive outreach programmi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $303K | $462K | $152K | — | — | -$15K |
| 2023 | $514K | $648K | $493K | — | — | -$15K |
| 2022 | $111K | $93K | $45K | — | — | $119K |
| 2021 | $528K | $487K | $146K | — | — | $100K |
| 2020 | $456K | $379K | $284K | — | — | $74K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $31K 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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$64K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Finley (chair); Peter Matthews (vice-chair); Andrew Mutch (treasurer); Eunice Harker (secretary); Ellen Wathen (director); Elizabeth McDonald (director); Judith Riddoch (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819121484RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.