Red Deer Festival of the Performing Arts Society
Charitable organization · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 120579198RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($89,362) as filed with the CRA.
Red Deer Festival of the Performing Arts Society is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $81K in revenue and $89K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 46% from government, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 986 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $50K in 2020 to $81K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Annual festival to enable children and youth of the red deer area to perform publicly in the musical dramatic and speech arts and to promote performances that go on to provincial and national talent festivals.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $81K | $89K | $63K | — | — | $183K |
| 2023 | $95K | $78K | $55K | — | — | $191K |
| 2022 | $77K | $63K | $40K | — | — | $174K |
| 2021 | $40K | $34K | $16K | — | — | $160K |
| 2020 | $50K | $37K | $12K | — | — | $154K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$17K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Catherine Rispler (treasurer); Nadine Harshenin (secretary); Alison Weir (president); Ruston Vuori (festival director); Judy Robins Weir (volunteer coordinator); Nancy Verdin (director); Paul Erlandson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Red Deer Festival of the Performing Arts Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 120579198RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.