The Vancouver Chopin Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 881691562RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($216,014) as filed with the CRA.
The Vancouver Chopin Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $219K in revenue and $216K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 7% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $63K in 2020 to $219K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Once again The Vancouver Chopin Society strived to present performers both young and old seasoned masters as well as talented young musicians. In our 2023-2024 season we arranged return visits to Vancouver by distinguished performers such as Lilya Zilberstein legends of the keyboard like Yefim Bronfman as well as very talented young artists such as Melisande McNabney Anna Geniushene as well as Canada’s very own Bruce Liu gold medalist of the 2021 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. One of the season’s highlights was a performance by Rafal Blechacz first-prize winner of the 15…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $219K | $216K | $204K | — | — | $21K |
| 2023 | $147K | $148K | $136K | — | — | $19K |
| 2022 | $142K | $128K | $119K | — | — | $19K |
| 2021 | $27K | $22K | $19K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $63K | $63K | $57K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vince Cardella (director); Teresa Bobrowska (secretary); Patrick May (president); Henry Ewert (vice-president); Eugene Nizker (director); Jason NG (treasurer); Nathan Wells (director); Graham Blank (director); Anna Pietrzak (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Vancouver Chopin Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 881691562RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.