Regina Symphony Orchestra Inc.
Charitable organization · Regina, Saskatchewan · BN 119114353RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,951,573) as filed with the CRA.
Regina Symphony Orchestra Inc. is a charitable organization based in Regina, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 35% from government, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $355K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
The regina symphony orchestra (rso) the largest music organization in the province of saskatchewan enriches life through live orchestral music and music education and outreach for 75 000 people throughout southern saskatchewan. In addition to promoting artistic excellence in the concert hall the rso is a substantial employer of local national and international artists musicians and composers. The rso provides significant community benefit through education and outreach programming characterized by accessibility inclusivity community relevance and the engagement of diverse groups. Th…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.5M | $9,305 | — | -$215K |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.5M | $1.5M | $301K | — | -$264K |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.7M | $1.8M | $363K | — | $4,018 |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.2M | $11K | — | $56K |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $2.3M | $1.7M | $123K | — | -$101K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $355K from 16 charities:
- Ann and Roger Phillips Foundation$160K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$50K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$15K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$13K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$13K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$10K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$7,510
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,000
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$778
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$196
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$180
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Judy McCuskee (chair); Jackie Schmidt (director); Colleen Murphy (vice chair); Audra Young (director); Audra Karst (director); Raymond Arscott (director); Kris Magnus (secretary); Ian Yeates (vice chair); Annette Revett (director); Elizabeth Cooper (director); Brittany Gogel (director); Lisa Watson (director); Samer Awadh (director); Alison Green (director); Bryan Hillis (director); Bettina Schneider (director); Elaine Thompson (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Regina Symphony Orchestra Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119114353RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.