Maritime Concert Opera Society
Publicly funded institution · Lunenburg, Nova Scotia · BN 860998343RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,904) as filed with the CRA.
Maritime Concert Opera Society is a charitable organization based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $7,700 in revenue and $3,904 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 52% from government, 39% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $3,000.
Compared with 89 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $20K in 2020 to $7,700 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
No programe possible because of covid-19 restrictions some fund raising took place
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7,700 | $3,904 | $2,778 | — | — | $44K |
| 2023 | $69K | $50K | $18K | — | — | $48K |
| 2022 | $9,713 | $10K | $10K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $1,308 | $966 | $966 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $20K | $19K | $17K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $3,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$1,500
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wendy Dean (chair); David Morison (acting treasurer); Jean Johnston (board member); Shelagh Meagher (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Maritime Concert Opera Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860998343RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.