The No Strings Attached Community Band
Charitable organization · Lively, Ontario · BN 886434802RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,164) as filed with the CRA.
The No Strings Attached Community Band is a charitable organization based in Lively, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4,360 in revenue and $4,164 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations, 23% from government.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $400 in 2022, the largest being $400 to Banque d'Aliments Sudbury Food Bank. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,540 in 2020 to $4,360 in 2024.
In its own words
The no strings attached community band offers high school students the opportunity to perform in a concert band in the community. Students who take the challenge of being a band member are also able to obtain volunteer hours required by the high school curriculum. Members of the band include students retirees professionals and other community members. Members mentor yough musicians. Performances are held at venues where larger groups are unable to perform.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4,360 | $4,164 | $3,770 | — | — | $16K |
| 2023 | $3,377 | $4,225 | $3,560 | — | $271 | $17K |
| 2022 | $4,566 | $4,890 | $4,147 | — | $401 | $19K |
| 2021 | $4,322 | $3,885 | $3,543 | — | — | $21K |
| 2020 | $1,540 | $2,170 | $1,828 | — | — | $21K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Granted $400 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The No Strings Attached Community Band’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886434802RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.