Opera West Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 782937304RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($268,570) as filed with the CRA.
Opera West Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $266K in revenue and $269K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $85K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Charitable purpose: the society seeks to bring together acclaimed international opera stars and emergent and developing canadian operatic talent in open collaboration and performance. Opera west society will present vancouver performances as well as touring productions within western canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $266K | $269K | $227K | $19K | $5,000 | -$38K |
| 2023 | $56K | $24K | — | — | — | -$37K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $85K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sonya Wall (director); Charlotte Wall (director); Genevieve Allen Kline (director); Loretta Voth (director); Judith Forst (dirctor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Opera West Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 782937304RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.