The Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119261030RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,306,293) as filed with the CRA.
The Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 28% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $134K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $555K in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The vancouver folk music festival presented its 3 day annual public folk music festival in july 2024. We also presented a ticketed outreach concert in collaboration with the vancouver independent music centre society exposing new audiences to new performers and diverse cultures in the folk roots and world music genres.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2.3M | $2.1M | $14K | — | $50K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.8M | $3,011 | — | $264K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $2M | $1.7M | $45K | — | $161K |
| 2021 | $607K | $423K | $162K | $1,812 | — | $186K |
| 2020 | $555K | $378K | $143K | $5,358 | — | $32K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $134K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$535K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Erin Mullan (president); Jennifer (anne) Blaine (vice president); Amy Newman (member at large); Jeffrey Finger (treasurer); Christina Price (member at large); Teresa Kitchen (member at large); Melinda Suto (secretary); Namrata Takkar (member at large); Alexander Grigg (member at large); Alison Klein (member at large); Ann McDonell (member at large); Clodagh O'Connell (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119261030RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.