New Orchestra Workshop Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 888078938RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($250,610) as filed with the CRA.
New Orchestra Workshop Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $267K in revenue and $251K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 52% from government, 36% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $101K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Now society 2024 programs: concert series: 665 participants 24 performances 163 artists 17 co-productions 52 volunteers creation of 130 work. Improvisation workshops; 604 participants 29 free workshops 22 facilitators 56 volunteers. Community events: 1203 participants 49 community events 269 artists 284 works performed 85 volunteers. Live streams and recordings; 64 participants 2 marathons recorded live 26 artists 13 new works 7 volunteers. Indigenous events: 38 participants 1 talk 5 new works 3 community activities with 13 artists 3 volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $267K | $251K | $187K | — | — | $20K |
| 2023 | $239K | $248K | $186K | — | — | $4,104 |
| 2022 | $240K | $251K | $180K | — | — | $13K |
| 2021 | $234K | $234K | $164K | — | — | $23K |
| 2020 | $189K | $189K | $138K | $511 | — | $23K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $101K from 2 charities:
- Perrinham Foundation$95K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,504
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Rika Uto (board president); Wayne Stewart (vice president); Grace Ma (treaseroro); Carol Sawyer (secretary); Eric Hadley (member-at-large).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from New Orchestra Workshop Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888078938RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.