The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Inc.
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 105260673RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,034,215) as filed with the CRA.
The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $7.7M in revenue and $9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 36% from government. In 2024, 35 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.5M.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $16K in 2024, the largest being $16K to The Winnipeg Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Performance of Symphonic music for the City of Winnipeg and the Province of Manitoba. Provide contract music services for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Manitoba Opera Association and other organizations. Manitoba's largest performing arts organization offering music education outreach programs including Sistema a free daily after-school program that inspires children to meet their full potential.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.7M | $9M | — | $244K | $16K | -$48K |
| 2023 | $8.2M | $9.6M | $8M | $256K | $212K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $8.9M | $8.4M | $7M | $345K | $199K | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $9.2M | $7.4M | $6.1M | $321K | $308K | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $8.5M | $8.7M | $7.2M | $441K | $42K | $409K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2.5M from 35 charities:
- Manitoba Arts Council$900K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$780K
- Winnipeg Arts Council Inc.$314K
- The Tallman Foundation Inc.$65K
- Vossen Family Foundation Inc.$60K
- Manitoba Arts Council$50K
- RBC Foundation$50K
- The Bertram Austin Goodman May Easton McLaren Goodman and Dorothy Jean Goodman Foundation$50K
- The Asper Foundation$31K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$29K
- The Azrieli Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- The Asper Family Foundation$15K
- Siobhan Richardson Foundation Inc$10K
- The Noreen and Robert Allen Charitable Trust$9,031
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$8,300
- Manitoba Arts Council$7,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$7,000
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$6,274
- Price Family Foundation Inc.$5,000
- The Ernst Hansch Foundation Inc.$5,000
- The McGarry Foundation Inc.$5,000
- Abundance Canada$4,835
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,600
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,846
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions34
- Total compensation, all staff$5.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robin Macmillan (director); Arlene Dahl (director); Julia Ryckman (director); Daniel Friedman (vice president); Marlene Stern (director); Terrance Sargeant (director); Curt Vossen (president); Margaret Kellerman McCulloch (director); Angela Birdsell (executive director); Jonathan Kliewer (treasurer); Thor Richardson (director); Matthew Narvey (director); Joanne DeFehr (director); Alex Conway (director); Karl Stobbe (director); Paul Ong (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 105260673RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.