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SPIRITUS CHAMBER CHOIR AND PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE SOCIETY

Charitable organizationEducation in the arts·1315 7 ST SW · CALGARY, AB · T2R 1A5·BN 875727513RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-06-30

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Spiritus Chamber Choir delivered a program of four public concerts during the 2023-2024 fiscal period: 'Of the People' (Christ Church Elbow Park Calgary AB November 5 2023); 'Of the Heavens' (Christ Church Elbow Park December 9 and 10 2023); 'Of the Earth' (Knox United Church Calgary AB March 3 2024); and 'Of the Soul' (Christ Church Elbow Park Calgary AB May 25 2024). Spiritus also performed as a guest of other arts organizations in Alberta: 'Concert for Humanity' (guests of Calgary Civic Symphony Jack Singer Concert Hall Calgary AB October 22 2024); 'Kantorei Choral Festival' Show more

Spiritus Chamber Choir delivered a program of four public concerts during the 2023-2024 fiscal period: 'Of the People' (Christ Church Elbow Park Calgary AB November 5 2023); 'Of the Heavens' (Christ Church Elbow Park December 9 and 10 2023); 'Of the Earth' (Knox United Church Calgary AB March 3 2024); and 'Of the Soul' (Christ Church Elbow Park Calgary AB May 25 2024). Spiritus also performed as a guest of other arts organizations in Alberta: 'Concert for Humanity' (guests of Calgary Civic Symphony Jack Singer Concert Hall Calgary AB October 22 2024); 'Kantorei Choral Festival' (guests of Mount Royal Kantorei Bella Concert Hall Calgary AB April 21 2024); and 'Connect Create' (guests of Chronos Vocal Ensemble McDougall United Church Edmonton AB May 24 2024).

New programs

In the 2023-2024 season Spiritus initiated a new program - the Spirit Vocal Ensemble - aimed at providing youth aged 18-30 a venue to perform high-calibre choral music. This is a historically underserved demographic for choral arts in Calgary. Spirit performed publicly three times during the 2022-2023 fiscal year: as guests of Spiritus Chamber Choir at the 'Of the Heavens' concert (Christ Church Elbow Park December 9 and 10 2023); as guests of the University of Calgary Chamber Choir (Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall Calgary AB March 16 2024); and as guests of the Out of the Blue Chorus at the 'A S Show more

In the 2023-2024 season Spiritus initiated a new program - the Spirit Vocal Ensemble - aimed at providing youth aged 18-30 a venue to perform high-calibre choral music. This is a historically underserved demographic for choral arts in Calgary. Spirit performed publicly three times during the 2022-2023 fiscal year: as guests of Spiritus Chamber Choir at the 'Of the Heavens' concert (Christ Church Elbow Park December 9 and 10 2023); as guests of the University of Calgary Chamber Choir (Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall Calgary AB March 16 2024); and as guests of the Out of the Blue Chorus at the 'A Spring Concert' show (Grace Presbyterian Church Calgary AB June 7 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)

80¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 80¢ 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)

20%

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)

$100K

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

8%

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)

18%

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, 20192024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2019-06-30$113K77¢23%0.3 yr
2020-06-30$107K65¢35%1.3 yr
2021-06-30$49K73¢27%
2022-06-30$58K81¢19%
2023-06-30$72K77¢23%
2024-06-30$100K80¢20%
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)

Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.

Board of directors

7 directors reported · 7 of 7at arm's length

  • Cortens, EvanTreasurerarm's length
  • Di Filippo, KevinSecretaryarm's length
  • Hryciw, KattDirectorarm's length
  • Amiot, VolodymyrPresidentarm's length
  • Harvie, BriVice-Presidentarm's length
  • Morgan, AllanDirectorarm's length
  • Sarah, McLeanDirectorarm'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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