Pro Musica Society of Vancouver
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 888936572RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($34,939) as filed with the CRA.
Pro Musica Society of Vancouver is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 $36K in revenue and $35K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from government, 27% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 89 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Vancouver Pro Musica Society's principal activities include presentation and promotion of new works by British Columbia composers. Since its inception in 1986 the organization has proudly presented hundreds of premieres by talented emerging and established local composers. The ongoing programs include the Further Series exploring unions of musical styles and genres flagship Annual Sonic Boom Festival a multi-day extravaganza of new music by B.C. composers and educational lecture series Career: Composer which allows emerging artists to learn about the career paths taken by composers livin…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $36K | $35K | $21K | — | — | $37K |
| 2023 | $42K | $40K | $26K | — | $0 | $36K |
| 2022 | $51K | $53K | $33K | — | — | $34K |
| 2021 | $62K | $65K | $46K | — | — | $36K |
| 2020 | $52K | $27K | $15K | — | $0 | $39K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 2 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$9,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$699
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Glenn Sutherland (president); Ramsey Sadaka (secretary); Michael Ducharme (member at large); Ashley Seward (member at large); Papavasiliou Sotirios (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pro Musica Society of Vancouver’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888936572RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.