Youth Singers of Calgary Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 127096030RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,858,809) as filed with the CRA.
Youth Singers of Calgary Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 30% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $163K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The society creates a better community by giving young people opportunities to grow and express themselves through the performing arts. Youth singers program helps to foster personal and creative growth in structured and supportive environment. Young people are given a forum for creative and emotional expression shilw improving reading skills concertration discipline teamwork and self-esteem.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.6M | $74K | — | $609K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $73K | — | $573K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $42K | — | $590K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $14K | — | $592K |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $82K | — | $619K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $163K from 11 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$85K
- Itlma Foundation$25K
- Werklund Foundation$17K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- The Qr77/westin Hotel Calgary Children's Foundation$5,000
- Allard Foundation LTD.$3,600
- Harry and Martha Cohen Foundation$2,000
- Lily Street Foundation$1,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$48
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$383K
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 Youth Singers of Calgary Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 127096030RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.