Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Arts Society Inc.
Charitable organization · ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 803212612RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,412,051) as filed with the CRA.
Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Arts Society Inc. is a charitable organization based in ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 97% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $233K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024.
In its own words
The 48th Annual Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival returned to Bannerman Park from July 12-14 2024. Nearly 14 000 patrons and volunteers took part in the Festival hearing over 95 musicians perform. The Ship Pub hosted the weekly Folk Night at the Ship on each Wednesday when the Newfoundland weather cooperated. The last Wednesday of the month is 'trad night' - where local musicians gather around a table and play our traditional NL tunes jigs and reels. 'The Broadside' was a weekly streaming series featuring our NL performing artists story-tellers and more. It has a loyal follo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $319 | $0 | -$51K |
| 2023 | $701K | $706K | $398K | $401 | $0 | $127K |
| 2022 | $520K | $562K | $431K | $104 | $0 | $129K |
| 2021 | $240K | $151K | $2,480 | — | — | $171K |
| 2020 | $233K | $211K | $51K | — | — | $73K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $40K from 4 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$355K
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 Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Arts Society Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 803212612RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.