Saskatoon Music Festival Committee
Charitable organization · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 890747793RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($129,738) as filed with the CRA.
Saskatoon Music Festival Committee is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $110K in revenue and $130K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $750.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% 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 $20K in 2020 to $110K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The saskatoon music festival committee is a non-profit organization. Every year we organize (4) festivals of music competitions; one (1) for school and community bands lasting (5) days; one (1) for school groups lasting three (3) days; one (1) for musical theatre lasting four (4) days; one (1) general festival lasting seven (7) days for soloists and small groups who compete in classes as set out by the provincial association and our committee. The competitors are judged by adjudicators (hired through the saskatchewan music festival association but paid by the saskatoon music festival committee…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $110K | $130K | $125K | — | — | $106K |
| 2023 | $151K | $102K | — | — | — | $133K |
| 2022 | $78K | $84K | — | — | — | $84K |
| 2021 | $65K | $55K | $41K | — | — | $91K |
| 2020 | $20K | $16K | $2,210 | — | — | $80K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $750 from 2 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$15K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rahul Sarker (treasurer); Karen White (president); Bonnie Nicholson (secretary); Meaghan Dormuth (vice president); Alyssa Thompson (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saskatoon Music Festival Committee’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890747793RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.