The Cape Breton Kiwanis Festival of Music Speech and Drama
Charitable organization · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 886426816RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($19,986) as filed with the CRA.
The Cape Breton Kiwanis Festival of Music Speech and Drama is a charitable organization based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $12K in revenue and $20K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $625.
Compared with 986 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4,340 in 2020 to $12K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
In 2024 The Cape Breton Kiwanis Festival of Music Speech and Drama operated a two-week festival program for students in music speech and drama. The Festival entrants competed in their chosen classes and their performances were adjudicated. Significant performances were awarded scholarships and prizes at concerts which were held at the conclusion of all adjudicated classes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12K | $20K | $20K | — | — | $71K |
| 2023 | $9,992 | $17K | $17K | — | — | $78K |
| 2022 | $487 | $3 | — | — | $0 | $85K |
| 2021 | $1,769 | -$257 | -$257 | — | — | $85K |
| 2020 | $4,340 | $735 | $735 | — | — | $83K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $625 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ralph Jeans (director); Carol Ripley (chair and treasurer); Peter Fraser (music secretary); Margaret Young (director); Kathy MacIntyre (director); Katherine Fraser (director); Francine Hall (recording secretary); Paula Francis (director); Charlotte Dornadic (speech secretary); Linda Cantwell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Cape Breton Kiwanis Festival of Music Speech and Drama’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886426816RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.