The Wye String Ensemble Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 855824074RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($35,304) as filed with the CRA.
The Wye String Ensemble Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2023, it reported $33K in revenue and $35K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from government.
Compared with 1,004 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $725 in 2023, the largest being $725 to Sherwood Park Music Festival Association. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Volunteer concerts at seniors homes throughout sherwood park and surrounding communities. Volunteer concerts open to the public in sherwood park. Scholarship award to the winner of the sherwood park music festival. The wye string ensemble also sponsors a fall string camp for the purposes of providing additional training and coaching for members and other amateur string players. Participants perform in a concert at the end of camp weekend that is open to the public. Wye strings finds some of its members through the camp.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $33K | $35K | $3,320 | — | $725 | $48K |
| 2022 | $26K | $31K | $12K | — | $750 | $51K |
| 2021 | $22K | $4,732 | — | — | $350 | $50K |
| 2020 | $23K | $9,852 | $1,252 | — | — | $48K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $725 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Alison Kobelak (president); Erin Campbell-Doan (treasurer); Janaya Matheson (secretary); Janet Ross-Kerr (webmaster); Laverne Boswell (librarian); Marnie Woods (casino coordinator); Cheryl Goyer (public relations).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Wye String Ensemble Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855824074RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.