The International Festival of Song and Chamber Music Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 890421597RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($98,435) as filed with the CRA.
The International Festival of Song and Chamber Music Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $80K in revenue and $98K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 60% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,425.
Compared with 89 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers.
In its own words
Emerging artists recording projects - Mountain View International Festival of Song & Chamber Music - Mountain View Connection concert series presenting classically trained artists
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $80K | $98K | $88K | — | — | $11K |
| 2023 | $90K | $80K | $60K | — | — | $30K |
| 2022 | $44K | $55K | $43K | — | — | $22K |
| 2021 | $70K | $78K | $55K | — | — | $32K |
| 2020 | $99K | $92K | $65K | — | — | $40K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,425 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The International Festival of Song and Chamber Music Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890421597RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.