Victoria Jazz Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 119261568RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,619,780) as filed with the CRA.
Victoria Jazz Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 30% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $653.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $457K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The Victoria Jazz Society carried out its charitable purpose of presenting and promoting jazz music and its related genres if music in Greater Victoria.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $0 | — | $47K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1,154 | — | $291K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $9,394 | — | $294K |
| 2021 | $578K | $372K | $287K | $202 | — | $397K |
| 2020 | $457K | $411K | $321K | — | — | $190K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $653 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$410K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Monte Prior (president); Avrille Gosling (director); Jack Petrie (vice president); Christopher Jones (director); Darwyn Stickle (treasurer); Alastair Kerr (secretary); Eric Emde (director); Kristina Eyged (director); Alti Crane (director); Jeffery Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victoria Jazz Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119261568RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.