Opera Nuova-Newly United Operatic Vocalists Association
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 882864424RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($703,194) as filed with the CRA.
Opera Nuova-Newly United Operatic Vocalists Association is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $714K in revenue and $703K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 29% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $82K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $242K in 2020 to $714K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Nuova offers an opera intensive training program that gives singers & pianists access to classes and tools to improve their talents to a professional level. Most successful students take part in performing a role in an operatic production for public presentation and many prepare original songs for the productions as well.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $714K | $703K | $506K | $2,813 | — | $145K |
| 2023 | $545K | $598K | $397K | — | — | $134K |
| 2022 | $574K | $620K | $365K | $3,004 | — | $155K |
| 2021 | $354K | $299K | $266K | — | — | $232K |
| 2020 | $242K | $198K | $172K | — | — | $177K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $82K from 8 charities:
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$31K
- The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- Eberlein Family Charitable Foundation$7,000
- Grace & Arnold Rumbold Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,459
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$1,125
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$102
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$76K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Michelle Vandermolen (president); Claire Briggs (secretary); Andrea Graham (director); Olesia Toumine (treasurer); Helen Hassinger (director); Simone Chalifoux (director); Kirsten Wunsch (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Opera Nuova-Newly United Operatic Vocalists Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 882864424RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.