Music-By-The-Sea Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 833285166RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($93,217) as filed with the CRA.
Music-By-The-Sea Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, it reported $79K in revenue and $93K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations, 12% from government, 51% from other charities. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $30K.
Compared with 1,186 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Host an annual international music festival at bamfield and activities related to establishing an international music school
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $79K | $93K | $47K | — | — | $6,555 |
| 2020 | $104K | $92K | $30K | — | — | $21K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $30K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2021)
Lyle Soetaert (president); Christopher Wedick (vice president); Kelsey Webb (treasurer); Daria Dosselli (secretary); Christopher Donison (ceo).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Music-By-The-Sea Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833285166RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.