White Spot Pipe Band Society
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 888137403RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
No spending breakdown could be derived from this charity’s most recent filing — the receipt can’t be printed. The figures it did file are below.
White Spot Pipe Band Society is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $54K in revenue and $71K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 19% from government.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The White Spot Pipe Band Society operates a comprehensive multi-level musical instruction program that teaches Celtic heritage music through bagpipes and drums. The program is designed to accommodate varying levels of experience and includes beginner lessons in piping drumming and dancing as well as a Grade 5 competition band a Grade 4 competition band plus a performance dance team. The band and dancers practice once a week for two hours with additional practices scheduled during competition season. Many of the band members and dancers also compete in solo competition at these events and …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $54K | $71K | $0 | — | $0 | $96K |
| 2023 | $57K | $67K | $0 | — | $0 | $66K |
| 2022 | $47K | $45K | $0 | — | $0 | $72K |
| 2021 | $39K | $32K | $0 | — | $0 | $75K |
| 2020 | $36K | $22K | $0 | — | $0 | $64K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sarah Watts (president); Sarah Watts (president); Ken Stratychuk (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from White Spot Pipe Band Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888137403RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.