Mariposa Folk Foundation
Charitable organization · Orillia, Ontario · BN 119033215RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,229,767) as filed with the CRA.
Mariposa Folk Foundation is a charitable organization based in Orillia, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 10% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,187.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $425K in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Staged and organized the mariposa folk festival in orillia on; staged and organized folk concerts throughout the year in orillia and toronto on maintained folk music archive songwriters circle to support and foster songwriters
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.2M | $1.7M | $208K | — | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $2M | $2M | $1.5M | $198K | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.5M | $176K | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $433K | $274K | $122K | $2,759 | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $425K | $336K | $173K | $11K | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8,187 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$130K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ian Brown (treasurer); Pamela Carter (president); Ken Rovinelli (vice-president); Michael Slan (director); Greg Morton (secretary); Ted Markle (director); Katharine Partridge (director); Beth Cavanaugh (director); Amber McGarvey-Moreland (director); Sue Shikaze (director); Jimm Simon (director); Kim Macdonald (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mariposa Folk Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119033215RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.