Under the Spire Music Festival Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Kensington, Prince Edward Island · BN 894496231RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($627,361) as filed with the CRA.
Under the Spire Music Festival Inc. is a charitable organization based in Kensington, Prince Edward Island, classified by the CRA under arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $577K in revenue and $627K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $41K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $271K in 2020 to $577K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Engaged in providing concerts and musical and cultural entertainment
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $577K | $627K | $599K | $2,954 | — | $42K |
| 2023 | $435K | $484K | $440K | $12K | — | $92K |
| 2022 | $524K | $476K | $418K | $3,982 | — | $141K |
| 2021 | $271K | $252K | $221K | $6,710 | $0 | $93K |
| 2020 | $271K | $197K | $22K | $3,900 | — | $74K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $41K from 4 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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$204K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Juliana Elsinga (chair); Will Howard (director); John Ruetz (secretary); Beth Orford (treasurer); Nicole Ward-Mountain (director); Brodie Macrae (director); Patrick Maclellan (director (fosm rep)); Sue Urquhart (director); Kathryna Herbert (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Under the Spire Music Festival Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894496231RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.