VANCOUVER PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
Charitable organizationArts·PO BOX 38044 RPO KING · VANCOUVER, BC · V5Z 4L9·BN 119282093RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-06-30
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra is a full symphonic orchestra whose members are amateur musicians and students. The members perform in and manage the orchestra as volunteers. Five concerts of orchestral mostly classical music are typically presented each year often featuring talented solo performers from the Vancouver area. A variety of music is presented to audiences in several different settings to share our love of music with the community. VPO coordinates with other community groups to present joint concerts in some years. During the 2023-24 fiscal year the orchestra presented … Show more
The Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra is a full symphonic orchestra whose members are amateur musicians and students. The members perform in and manage the orchestra as volunteers. Five concerts of orchestral mostly classical music are typically presented each year often featuring talented solo performers from the Vancouver area. A variety of music is presented to audiences in several different settings to share our love of music with the community. VPO coordinates with other community groups to present joint concerts in some years. During the 2023-24 fiscal year the orchestra presented a full 5-concert program. In February 2024 we were pleased to feature the young musician who won first place in our 2023 concerto festival. The VPO also provides a mentorship program for an aspiring conductor to gain experience as our Assistant Conductor under the guidance of the Music Director.
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.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)96¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 96¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)4%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)—
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$45K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)3%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)34%
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 ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-30 | $36K | 95¢ | 5% | — |
| 2020-06-30 | $23K | 93¢ | 7% | — |
| 2021-06-30 | $3K | 72¢ | 28% | — |
| 2022-06-30 | $34K | 91¢ | 9% | — |
| 2023-06-30 | $28K | 96¢ | 4% | — |
| 2024-06-30 | $45K | 96¢ | 4% | — |
| trend |
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)
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Board of directors
10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length
- Essex, Christopherpresident/past presidentarm's length
- Engel, CameronDirectorarm's length
- Jackson, MarkPresidentarm's length
- MacFarlane, William MSecretaryarm's length
- Carter, ElizabethDirectorarm's length
- Bergeron, HannahDirectorarm's length
- Carne, JoanTreasurerarm's length
- Angelus, TomDirectorarm's length
- Worthington, AnneVice Presidentarm's length
- Ellard, RodDirectorarm'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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