Victoria Symphony Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 119285286RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,137,127) as filed with the CRA.
Victoria Symphony Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $6.1M in revenue and $6.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 21% from government, 29% from other charities. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $928K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $141K in 2024, the largest being $141K to Foundation for the Victoria Symphony.
In its own words
The Victoria Symphony Society provides orchestral music to southern Vancouver Island. It provides concerts and educates people through its outreach programs and contributes to the artistic and cultural endeavours of different communities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.1M | $6.1M | $4.5M | $218K | $141K | $284K |
| 2023 | $6M | $6M | $4.1M | $469K | $459K | $341K |
| 2022 | $4.5M | $5M | $3.8M | $174K | $120K | $369K |
| 2021 | $5.3M | $4.6M | $2.1M | $63K | $1.5M | $923K |
| 2020 | $5M | $4.8M | $3.5M | $213K | — | $229K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $141K to 1 qualified donee:
- Foundation for the Victoria Symphony$141K
Received $928K from 19 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$483K
- Canadahelps Canadon$112K
- Canadahelps Canadon$112K
- Koerner Foundation$60K
- Robert & Devi Jawl Foundation$50K
- Egon Baumann Music Foundation$40K
- The G. Zimmermann Foundation$15K
- A & a King Family Foundation$10K
- The Christopher Foundation$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$7,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,350
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$6,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,297
- BenefAction Foundation$3,200
- Vancouver Foundation$2,800
- The Hamber Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,371
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,012
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$990
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victoria Symphony Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119285286RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.