VSO School of Music Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 806095253RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,612,204) as filed with the CRA.
VSO School of Music Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $3.7M in revenue and $3.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $364K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.4M in 2020 to $3.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Opened in 2011 the vso school of music is a community music school serving a mission to enrich lives through the joy of learning playing and performing the world's great music; to make these experiences accessible to all regardless of ability playing level or economic circumstances; and to nurture creative and engaged members of society through achievement in the musical arts. The school offers on-to-one and group instruction and classes in classical jazz and world music for students from the age of 3 months to adult learners catering to all ability levels from beginners to aspiring pro…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.6M | $2.5M | $109K | — | $572K |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3.1M | $2.2M | $20K | — | $484K |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2,642 | — | $366K |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.2M | $1,990 | — | $283K |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.4M | $1,588 | — | $159K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $364K from 11 charities:
- Vancouver Symphony Foundation$100K
- Werner & Helga Hoing Foundation$90K
- Vancouver Symphony Society$50K
- The Tuey Charitable Foundation$50K
- The Christopher Foundation$50K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,460
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$5,000
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$2,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,750
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$100
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$676K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elizabeth Finch (chair); Manijeh Colabella (secretary); Daniel Chow (treasurer); Anne Caraan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from VSO School of Music Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 806095253RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.