Penticton Academy of Music Society
Publicly funded institution · Penticton, British Columbia · BN 138394820RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($443,620) as filed with the CRA.
Penticton Academy of Music Society is a charitable organization based in Penticton, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $431K in revenue and $444K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 5% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,210.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Presentation of music lessons aimed primarily at youth in the South Okanagan area including children of all ages. Some group classes for musicians of all ages. A bursary program to assist families that have a proven inability to pay.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $431K | $444K | $374K | — | — | $64K |
| 2023 | $333K | $323K | $261K | — | — | $76K |
| 2022 | $290K | $305K | $248K | — | — | $66K |
| 2021 | $321K | $294K | $243K | — | — | $81K |
| 2020 | $302K | $319K | $261K | — | — | $55K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8,210 from 3 charities:
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$54K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sam McNally (director); Kathy Locke (director); Daniel Cramer (president); Kaur Guneet (treasurer); Lisa Dunn (director); Candice Galamini (director); Priya Sachdev (director); Christopher McIntosh (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Penticton Academy of Music Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 138394820RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.