Saskatoon Symphony Society
Charitable organization · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 119141380RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,785,273) as filed with the CRA.
Saskatoon Symphony Society is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 14% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $3.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Music concerts - classical and pop. The symphony also provides programming to toddlers and community outreach at a local bookstore.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $2.8M | $1.6M | $207K | — | $304K |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.4M | — | $221K | — | $14K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.8M | — | $139K | — | $63K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | $69K | — | $164K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.4M | — | $120K | — | $39K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $31K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$957K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Doug Gilmour (president); Gillian Gough (member at large); Ian Krips (member at large); Aditi Garg (member at large); Rob Rongve (member at large); Susan Winmill (secretarty/treaurer); Brent Okrainetz (member at large); Erica Piche Smith (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saskatoon Symphony Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119141380RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.