Music for Life Institute
Charitable organization · Langley, British Columbia · BN 873208664RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($709,250) as filed with the CRA.
Music for Life Institute is a charitable organization based in Langley, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $384K in revenue and $709K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $51K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $734K in 2020 to $384K in 2024.
In its own words
Train house and educate visiting children through a touring children's choir. Fund education and establish school projects in Africa that provide humanitarian and spiritual assistance as well as education and training. Coordinate various volunteer and relief workers and promote third world relief projects.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $384K | $709K | $401K | $27K | — | $317K |
| 2023 | $555K | $627K | $542K | $29K | — | $593K |
| 2022 | $560K | $482K | $400K | $26K | — | $750K |
| 2021 | $874K | $446K | $392K | $5,087 | — | $672K |
| 2020 | $734K | $619K | $563K | $4,181 | — | $243K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $51K from 8 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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$394K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Music for Life Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 873208664RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.