The Esther Honens International Piano Competition Foundation
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 130238975RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,943,105) as filed with the CRA.
The Esther Honens International Piano Competition Foundation is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 5% from government, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Present the triennial honens prize for piano at the honens international piano competition. Present an annual festival of piano in calgary. Provide career development and support for the laureate of the 2021 competition and laureates of past competitions. Present master classes to pianists age 30 and under. Present community engagement programs in the form of community and school concerts and free outdoor concerts.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.2M | $92K | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $753K | $372K | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $1.3M | $460K | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.2M | $674K | $237K | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.1M | $645K | $200K | — | $630K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.1M from 18 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$867K
- The Azrieli Foundation$35K
- Place2Give Foundation$30K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$25K
- Kanovsky Family Foundation$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$11K
- The Jeffrey and Marilyn McCaig Family Foundation$5,300
- Gordon & Diane Buchanan Family Foundation$5,000
- The Palmer Family Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,850
- Canada Gives$2,000
- The William and Jean Teron Foundation$2,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Rozsa Foundation$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$485
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$761K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Heather Marreck (chair); Corinna Lee (secretary); Brian Milne (treasurer); Carmen Morin (director); Shannon Day-Newman (director); Hugh McPhail (director); Joe Moreau (director); Kimberley Sundell (director); Jon Kimura Parker (ex-officio); Amanda Smith (ex-officio).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Esther Honens International Piano Competition Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130238975RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.