Music For The Future
Charitable organization · Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia · BN 808894620RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($74,127) as filed with the CRA.
Music For The Future is a charitable organization based in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $52K in revenue and $74K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations, 37% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $98K in 2020 to $52K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We provide music education to youth in nunavut via in-person music workshops. We also provide weekly virtual music lessions (guitar lessons in three communities fiddle lessons in two communities ukulele lessons in one community). We also supported after school music clubs depending on the need and interest.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $52K | $74K | $70K | $3,306 | — | $59K |
| 2023 | $20K | $66K | $64K | — | — | $81K |
| 2022 | $23K | $19K | $5,848 | — | — | $126K |
| 2021 | $25K | $18K | $15K | — | — | $122K |
| 2020 | $98K | $91K | $83K | — | — | $115K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julie Lohnes-Cashin (chairperson); Jeffrey Lohnes; Emma Baasch; Eunkang Jo (treasurer); Heather Moffett (secretary); Laura Horn; Colleen Nakashook.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Music For The Future’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 808894620RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.