Vancouver New Music Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119281988RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($598,006) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver New Music Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $545K in revenue and $598K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $33K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Over the 2023-24 season vancouver new music presented many free community based events. These included community workshops public installations and online presentations. In addition the 2023-24 series included many paid concerts
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $545K | $598K | $489K | — | — | $532K |
| 2023 | $803K | $767K | $673K | — | — | $585K |
| 2022 | $615K | $476K | $406K | $140 | — | $548K |
| 2021 | $486K | $231K | $170K | $226 | — | $409K |
| 2020 | $455K | $387K | $329K | — | — | $142K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $33K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$363K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elyse Bannerman (vice president); Tyson Haverkort (treasurer); Allison Macdonald (president); David Murphy (secretary); Adrian Avendano (director); Jean Brazeau (director); William Kuo (director); Andrea Wong (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver New Music Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119281988RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.