The Kensington Sinfonia Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 888233848RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($48,778) as filed with the CRA.
The Kensington Sinfonia Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $53K in revenue and $49K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from government, 33% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,602.
Compared with 986 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $29K in 2020 to $53K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Kensington Sinfonia is chamber orchestra that performs a mix of Baroque and contemporary classical music. The following is our primary ongoing programming: Main Series - three concerts per season performed at St. Stephen's Anglican Church in downtown Calgary. This is a more traditional concert series with two halves and multiple classical compositions. There is a mix of Baroque and contemporary music. Special focus is paid to Canadian composers and underrepresented groups such as Indigenous composers female composers and BIPOC composers. Kensington Sinfonia regularly commissions new works f…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $53K | $49K | $43K | — | $0 | $13K |
| 2023 | $98K | $94K | $3,931 | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2022 | $40K | $51K | $51K | — | $0 | $4,960 |
| 2021 | $12K | $8,908 | $8,482 | — | — | $16K |
| 2020 | $29K | $23K | $23K | — | — | $13K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,602 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nathaniel Schmidt (president); Fred Burns (director); John Thompson (director); Hilary Munro (director); Kevin Kim (director); Dylan Callaghan (director); Bianca Courtright (secretary); Kiara Rautenbach (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Kensington Sinfonia Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888233848RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.