Victoria Summer Music Festival Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 890849748RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($86,310) as filed with the CRA.
Victoria Summer Music Festival Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $90K in revenue and $86K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 23% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 986 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 98% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $10K to The Victoria Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $23K in 2020 to $90K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The Victoria Summer Music Festival (VSMF) brings local Canadian and international musicians to Victoria to perform high-calibre chamber music. In 2024 the VSMF presented five evening concerts and one afternoon concert during July and August at the University of Victoria. Audience numbers returned to pre-pandemic levels which contributed to a very successful season.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $90K | $86K | $86K | — | $10K | $39K |
| 2023 | $64K | $60K | $60K | — | — | $36K |
| 2022 | $68K | $83K | $83K | — | — | $31K |
| 2021 | $42K | $29K | $22K | — | — | $46K |
| 2020 | $23K | $11K | $8,518 | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $13K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Bulman-Fleming (director); Alexis Fundas (treasurer); James Hesser (secretary); Kieth Mulback (director); David Zussman (vice president); Ronald Cox (president); Kevin Farris (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victoria Summer Music Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890849748RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.