Ottawa Folk Festival
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 884426040RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,645,796) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa Folk Festival is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $3.6M in revenue and $3.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 10% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,055.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $287K in 2020 to $3.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Outdoor music festival folk in the schools
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $3.6M | $3.4M | — | — | $32K |
| 2023 | $3.8M | $3.7M | $3.4M | — | — | $57K |
| 2022 | $3.7M | $3M | $2.7M | — | — | -$54K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.1M | — | — | -$768K |
| 2020 | $287K | $271K | $21K | — | — | -$796K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,055 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$7,814
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Freya Struthers (director); Kelly Symes (treasurer); Michael O'Farrell (vice president); Byron Pascoe (president); Alan Marsden (director); Mike Rouleau (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa Folk Festival’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 884426040RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.