Scotia Chamber Players
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 119143071RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($896,072) as filed with the CRA.
Scotia Chamber Players is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $987K in revenue and $896K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 21% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $528K in 2020 to $987K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Scotia festival of music holds an annual 2 week festival featuring guest artists from around the world to provide training to young assists from canada and the united states. This festival is one -of a kind event in canada two fundraising draws are held each year to raise funds to cover the costs of the festival and scotia chamber players. Chamber music society - a series of weekly concerts held in the music room to promote local artists.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $987K | $896K | $381K | $148K | — | $514K |
| 2023 | $836K | $923K | $347K | $204K | — | $527K |
| 2022 | $689K | $776K | $316K | $214K | — | $618K |
| 2021 | $541K | $451K | $233K | $34K | — | $705K |
| 2020 | $528K | $469K | $129K | $105K | — | $623K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $20K from 6 charities:
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
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$185K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brittany Cann (professional opera singer); Deborah Carver (art consultant); Irvine T. Carvery (retired); Edmond Chiasson (consultant); Glen V. Dexter (president canadian internation); Darrel Pink (adjudicator -small claims cour); Shirley M. Tillotson (retired); John Wanczycki (owner wyndale management solut).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Scotia Chamber Players’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119143071RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.