Oceanside Classical Concerts Society
Charitable organization · Parksville, British Columbia · BN 760370098RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($79,261) as filed with the CRA.
Oceanside Classical Concerts Society is a charitable organization based in Parksville, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $87K in revenue and $79K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $22K.
Compared with 986 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $36K in 2020 to $87K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Oceanside classical concerts society (occs) believes that classical music is an essential element in the cultural life of the oceanside area. Oceaside is a name adopted for a group of communities on the eastern coast of vancouver island in british columbia canada. Occs is committed to changing lives through music's extraordinary power to communicate inspire uplift and entertain. The society celebrates artistic exellence in classical music through: live performance of the world's great masterpieces; promotion of canadian artists; a series subscription model without individual ticket sales. O…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $87K | $79K | $74K | — | — | $58K |
| 2023 | $75K | $51K | $47K | — | — | $26K |
| 2022 | $47K | $41K | $38K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $905 | $4,551 | $2,657 | — | — | $20K |
| 2020 | $36K | $25K | $23K | — | — | $24K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $22K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joseph Straka (vice president); Pamela May-Straka (president); Mary Leigh Warden (director); Donald Dempson (director); Vee Lynne Pearson (treasurer); Candace Ashbridge (director); Mary Graham (director); Catriona Hendrie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oceanside Classical Concerts Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 760370098RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.