The Folk Festival Society of Calgary-F F S C
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 127909141RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,375,356) as filed with the CRA.
The Folk Festival Society of Calgary-F F S C is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.3M in revenue and $5.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $78K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.9M in 2020 to $5.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Year round concerts at Festival Hall Rentals Winter Festival (Block Heater) and Summer Music Festival. There were a total of 44 680 volunteer hours.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.3M | $5.4M | $4.8M | $361K | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $5.3M | $5M | $4.5M | $278K | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $4.4M | $4M | $250K | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.3M | $124K | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $2M | $1.7M | $127K | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $78K from 6 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Frid (chair); Oosman Shaad (treasurer); Jory Kinjo (director); Lisha Hassanali (director); Peter May (director); Shannon Anderson (director); Aman Adatia (director); Tyler Scollon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Folk Festival Society of Calgary-F F S C’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 127909141RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.