Pacific Region International Summer Music Association
Charitable organization · Powell River, British Columbia · BN 840224240RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($854,062) as filed with the CRA.
Pacific Region International Summer Music Association is a charitable organization based in Powell River, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $800K in revenue and $854K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 25% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $174K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $366K in 2020 to $800K in 2024.
In its own words
To advance education by establishing and operating a music academy; to educate and advance knowledge or abilities of students and to increase the public's appreciation of music by providing courses seminars recitals and workshops;and to operate an arts festival involving symphonic orchestral opera and classical music performances
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $800K | $854K | $806K | $5,079 | — | $303K |
| 2023 | $799K | $800K | $760K | — | — | $406K |
| 2022 | $645K | $652K | $619K | — | — | $407K |
| 2021 | $388K | $297K | $282K | — | — | $413K |
| 2020 | $366K | $258K | $195K | — | — | $323K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $174K from 10 charities:
- Y.P. Heung Foundation$50K
- Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation$50K
- The Illahie Foundation$35K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$22K
- Deux Mille Foundation$8,000
- RBC Foundation$5,000
- The Hamber Foundation$3,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$203
- Canadahelps Canadon$96
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
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$151K
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 Pacific Region International Summer Music Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 840224240RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.