Victoria Conservatory of Music
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 108172255RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,089,692) as filed with the CRA.
Victoria Conservatory of Music is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $6.9M in revenue and $6.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 5% from government, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 35 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. Community School: Quality private and group teaching for all ages and abilities in the areas of classical and contemporary music as well as music technology. 2. Postsecondary School: Certification/Diploma programs both through VCM and in partnership with Camosun College. 3. Music Therapy: Using music as a therapeutic tool to help those with mental physical or emotional challenges in-house and travelling to care homes on Vancouver Island. 4. Performance: Concerts by students faculty and visiting artists in three performance halls/theatres (including the 1890s heritage-designated Alix Go…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.9M | $6.1M | $3.8M | $279K | — | $5.2M |
| 2023 | $6.1M | $5.7M | $3.6M | $237K | — | $5.5M |
| 2022 | $5.6M | $5.4M | $3.3M | $282K | — | $5.9M |
| 2021 | $8.3M | $5.2M | $3.2M | $247K | — | $5.7M |
| 2020 | $5.8M | $5.4M | $3.4M | $307K | — | $3.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.3M from 16 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$899K
- Robert & Devi Jawl Foundation$75K
- Canadahelps Canadon$59K
- Canadahelps Canadon$59K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$57K
- Auchinleck Family Foundation$55K
- Egon Baumann Music Foundation$30K
- Vancouver Foundation$16K
- RBC Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,077
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$8,850
- Charlton L Smith Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$4,000
- C-Fax Santa's Anonymous Society$1,980
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$767
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$301
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions35
- Total compensation, all staff$2.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael McEvoy (vice-president/chair); Kirk McNally (governor); Shelley Williams (president/chair); Alison McCluskey (treasurer); Neil Barman (governor); Erica Mattson (governor); Amanda Wilson (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victoria Conservatory of Music’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108172255RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.