Red Deer Symphony Orchestra Association
Charitable organization · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 119112506RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($546,013) as filed with the CRA.
Red Deer Symphony Orchestra Association is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $531K in revenue and $546K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 23% from government, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Festivals performing groups musical ensembles
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $531K | $546K | $341K | $205K | — | $107K |
| 2023 | $399K | $431K | $315K | $116K | — | $123K |
| 2022 | $388K | $317K | $178K | $115K | — | $187K |
| 2021 | $300K | $190K | $111K | $79K | — | $133K |
| 2020 | $467K | $375K | $268K | $6,470 | — | $23K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 4 charities:
- Red Deer Twilight Homes Foundation$5,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$4,350
- Charitus$3,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,898
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$180K
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 Red Deer Symphony Orchestra Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119112506RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.