Salmon Arm Folk Music Society
Charitable organization · Salmon Arm, British Columbia · BN 139952261RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,488,323) as filed with the CRA.
Salmon Arm Folk Music Society is a charitable organization based in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 18% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $895.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $421K in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Presenting arts and culture via the annual roots and blues festival and mini concerts.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.5M | $2.3M | $4,192 | — | $798K |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $2M | — | — | $1M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.1M | $2M | — | — | $934K |
| 2021 | $536K | $445K | $404K | — | — | $513K |
| 2020 | $421K | $397K | $347K | — | — | $422K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $895 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$367K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brook Roberts (director); Steve Atkins (director); Alan Bates (vice chair); Rob Marshall (treasurer); Bernd Hermanski (director); Valorie Ellis-Peet (director); Doug Hearn (director); Elaine Holmes (secretary); Joyce Kenoras (director); Kimm Magill-Hofmann (chair); Ian McDiarmid (director); Marianne Vanbuskirk (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Salmon Arm Folk Music Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139952261RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.