Sound the Alarm: Music/theatre Society
Charitable organization · New Westminster, British Columbia · BN 848811386RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,062,068) as filed with the CRA.
Sound the Alarm: Music/theatre Society is a charitable organization based in New Westminster, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $185K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Sound the alarm: music/theatre engages communities through exceptional artistic performances that are collaborative innovative and approached through various genres of music and other performing arts.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $956K | — | — | $173K |
| 2023 | $750K | $701K | $620K | — | — | $167K |
| 2022 | $375K | $302K | $262K | — | — | $118K |
| 2021 | $76K | $75K | $67K | — | — | $45K |
| 2020 | $185K | $156K | $141K | — | — | $45K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$15K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amy Baskin (president); Callum Alden (treasurer); Mark Wolf (director); Jayda Novak (secretary); Mahdis Soltani (director); Shena Changirwa (director); Jonathan Chescoe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sound the Alarm: Music/theatre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848811386RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.