SYMPHONY NOVA SCOTIA SOCIETY
Charitable organizationArts·BOX 218 · 5657 SPRING GARDEN ROAD · HALIFAX, NS · B3J 3R4·BN 119207900RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-06-30
Cents to cause T1
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not in this filing
Operating overhead T1
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Reserves T1
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Revenue T1
$5.3M
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
This charity filed the simplified return, so some figures can't be computed. Fewer numbers, never invented ones.
Common questions
How do I donate to Symphony Nova Scotia Society?
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Is Symphony Nova Scotia Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 119207900RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Symphony Nova Scotia Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is BOX 218, 5657 SPRING GARDEN ROAD, HALIFAX, NS, B3J 3R4. Source.
What does Symphony Nova Scotia Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Symphony Nova Scotia enriches the lives of Nova Scotians through creative professional performance of a broad spectrum of orchestral music. We offer over 60 live performances of symphonic music each year to the public in Halifax and throughout Nova Scotia. Our education and outreach programs promote and encourage…" Full program description.
How big is Symphony Nova Scotia Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $5.3M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $1M–$10M revenue band, alongside 9,072 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Symphony Nova Scotia enriches the lives of Nova Scotians through creative professional performance of a broad spectrum of orchestral music. We offer over 60 live performances of symphonic music each year to the public in Halifax and throughout Nova Scotia. Our education and outreach programs promote and encourage interest in and appreciation of music for all ages. We manage both a fully professional orchestra and a youth orchestra offered as a training opportunity.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
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Not computable from this filing.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$5.3M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)11%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
29%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
11%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
29%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
60%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
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| 2019-06-30 | $5.6M | — | — | — |
| 2021-06-30 | $5.4M | 0¢ | 0% | 159 yr |
| 2022-06-30 | $4.3M | 23¢ | 2% | 2.8 yr |
| 2023-06-30 | $5.2M | 32¢ | 1% | 1.2 yr |
| 2024-06-30 | $5.3M | — | — | — |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Figures per each charity's F2024 T3010 · self-reported, not audited by us · ✱= that filing's expense lines don't reconcile · open a profile for sources and caveats.
Board of directors
20 directors reported · 20 of 20at arm's length
- Rendell, BrianDirectorarm's length
- MacAskill, PeterPast Chairarm's length
- Lewis, HalDirectorarm's length
- Dean, ShirleyDirectorarm's length
- Wilson, DavidChairarm's length
- Gosine, MarkDirectorarm's length
- MacLeod, JohnDirectorarm's length
- Gordon, JaneDirectorarm's length
- Nogami, KenDirectorarm's length
- Deroller, YvonneDirectorarm's length
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- Conway, MichaelDirectorarm's length
- Graham Laidlaw, MaileSecretaryarm's length
- Franklin, KathleenTreasurerarm's length
- Chapman, MargaretVice Chairarm's length
- Thomas Myrick, JillDirectorarm's length
- Parkhill, MarkDirectorarm's length
- Lawen, ZiadDirectorarm's length
- Meens Thistle, BarbaraDirectorarm's length
- Kent, JuliaDirectorarm's length
- Kasper, MaxDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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