Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra Association
Charitable organization · ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 122076227RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,498,131) as filed with the CRA.
Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra Association is a charitable organization based in ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 29% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $95K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Established as an amateur ensemble in 1962 and incorporated in 1979 the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra (NSO) contributes to the overall quality of life in Newfoundland and Labrador by fostering the live performance of orchestral music. From the early days with just a few professional musicians (Peter Gardner John Herriott Don Wherry) the NSO has grown into an 84‐member professional orchestra comprised of 7 contract musicians fee‐per‐service players university music students through the Orchestral Chairs Program and other community players. The NSO Sinfonia is a professional ensemble con…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $990K | $106K | $0 | -$41K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1M | — | — | $41K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $792K | — | — | $28K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $733K | — | — | $24K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $0 | $706 | $0 | $44K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $95K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
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 Symphony Orchestra Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122076227RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.