THE EDMONTON FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL SOCIETY
Charitable organizationArts·PO BOX 4130 STN SOUTH CRO · EDMONTON, AB · T6E 4T2·BN 128941226RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-01-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The Edmonton Folk Music Festival is a four day festival of music held each year in early August in Edmonton’s scenic river valley. This annual event has been in operation since 1980 and is committed to being accessible for all members of the community and to excellence in programming. Seniors (80+) and Children are admitted at no charge while Youth Young Adults and Seniors all have discounted pass prices. An additional 2500 tickets are distributed to local Social Service Agencies and community members at no charge. Our event prides itself on being community driven and we are supported b… Show more
The Edmonton Folk Music Festival is a four day festival of music held each year in early August in Edmonton’s scenic river valley. This annual event has been in operation since 1980 and is committed to being accessible for all members of the community and to excellence in programming. Seniors (80+) and Children are admitted at no charge while Youth Young Adults and Seniors all have discounted pass prices. An additional 2500 tickets are distributed to local Social Service Agencies and community members at no charge. Our event prides itself on being community driven and we are supported by an essential volunteer base of over 2 600 volunteers who contribute more than 80 000 hours to ensure that our event runs smoothly every year.
New programs
The Society commissioned a professional Accessibility audit of the festival grounds and website during the 2023 festival. The recommendations for accessibility improvements that fall within the festival's purview as opposed to the City of Edmonton's responsibility have begun to be addressed and will continue to be implemented over the next five years. The festival is also bringing back the re-useable plate program to reduce waste and the amount of compostable single use containers at the festival site once again. This program was halted during the Covid Pandemic and will run for patrons aga… Show more
The Society commissioned a professional Accessibility audit of the festival grounds and website during the 2023 festival. The recommendations for accessibility improvements that fall within the festival's purview as opposed to the City of Edmonton's responsibility have begun to be addressed and will continue to be implemented over the next five years. The festival is also bringing back the re-useable plate program to reduce waste and the amount of compostable single use containers at the festival site once again. This program was halted during the Covid Pandemic and will run for patrons again in 2024.
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)75¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 75¢ 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)0.5 yr
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)$7.0M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
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)16%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-31 | $4.8M | 77¢ | 23% | 0.2 yr |
| 2020-01-31 | $5.7M | 79¢ | 22% | 0.2 yr |
| 2021-01-31 | $1.6M | 39¢ | 61% | 1.9 yr |
| 2022-01-31 | $1.6M | 40¢ | 61% | 2.3 yr |
| 2023-01-31 | $6.9M | 74¢ | 27% | 0.5 yr |
| 2024-01-31 | $7.0M | 75¢ | 4% | 0.5 yr |
| 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
9 directors reported · 9 of 9at arm's length
- Holt, GordonDirectorarm's length
- Shewchuk, MeredithDirectorarm's length
- McCormick, CameronChairarm's length
- Turner, ShamairDirectorarm's length
- Walker, DrewSecretaryarm's length
- Stirling, BridgetTreasurerarm's length
- Day, JillDirectorarm's length
- Hughes, MichaelDirectorarm's length
- MacGillivray, MarilynVice Chairarm'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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