The British Columbia Pipers' Association
Charitable organization · Port Coquitlam, British Columbia · BN 889778197RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($87,133) as filed with the CRA.
The British Columbia Pipers' Association is a charitable organization based in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $76K in revenue and $87K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 10% from government, 24% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 986 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,960 in 2024, the largest being $1,960 to BC Cancer Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $47K in 2020 to $76K in 2024.
In its own words
The mission of the bc pipers association is to foster and preserve bagpipe music and scottish highland drumming. Activities to accomplish include: -bi-annaul solo competitions for pipers and drummers held in november and february. -annual major indoor competition for pipers drummers and pipe bands in april. For this competition we bring in canadian and internationaladjudicators to ensure the competitve and skill levels of our members is being maintained. -we support other highland games associations in our area. -we provide seminars for judges volunteers and highland gathering committe…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $76K | $87K | $60K | — | $9,752 | $16K |
| 2023 | $72K | $84K | $58K | — | $6,350 | $27K |
| 2022 | $44K | $46K | $29K | — | $1,274 | $39K |
| 2021 | $38K | $24K | $16K | — | $500 | $40K |
| 2020 | $47K | $37K | $23K | — | $2,987 | $26K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,960 to 1 qualified donee:
- BC Cancer Foundation$1,960
Received $17K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The British Columbia Pipers' Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889778197RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.