The Edmonton Poetry Festival Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 856052188RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($102,191) as filed with the CRA.
The Edmonton Poetry Festival Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $105K in revenue and $102K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers.
In its own words
The Edmonton Poetry Festival Society produces an annual poetry festival in Edmonton Alberta. The 2024 festival (April 21-28) was a fully in-person program and featured 17 events with more than 45 poets performing along with workshops and open mics. Also we partnered with other organizations to put on half a dozen special events during the year including book launches and open mic events.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $105K | $102K | $60K | $0 | — | $51K |
| 2023 | $85K | $100K | $85K | — | $0 | $48K |
| 2022 | $93K | $88K | $0 | — | $0 | $63K |
| 2021 | $37K | $29K | $0 | — | $0 | $57K |
| 2020 | $148K | $92K | $0 | — | $0 | $49K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $16K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Edmonton Poetry Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856052188RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.