Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 840672703RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,978,543) as filed with the CRA.
Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $207K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $930K in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Music instruction in piano violin cello base clarinet oboe bassoon french horn. Theory instruction. Dance instruction in ballet. Jazz modern social ballroom. Character and national dance.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2M | $1.4M | $1,207 | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $909K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.3M | — | — | — | $694K |
| 2021 | $962K | $963K | $887K | — | — | $774K |
| 2020 | $930K | $1M | $712K | — | — | $775K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $207K 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
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$516K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daneille Keating (chair); Christopher Hopgood (vice chair); Kathryn Burlton (treasurer); Edie Hancock (secretary); Neil Macintyre (member at large); Jules Chamberlin (member at large); Jennifer Wang (member at large); Alexandria Samson (member at large); Michelle Murphy (member at large); Rick Alexander (member at large); Cole Richardson (member at large); Niel Macintyre (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 840672703RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.