THE STANDING WAVE SOCIETY
Charitable organizationArts·2821 GEORGIA ST E · VANCOUVER, BC · V5K 2K3·BN 883003949RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-07-31
Cents to cause T1
86¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
14%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
—
not in this filing
Revenue T1
$65K
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
Common questions
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Is The Standing Wave Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 883003949RR0001. 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 The Standing Wave Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 2821 GEORGIA ST E, VANCOUVER, BC, V5K 2K3. Source.
What does The Standing Wave Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Standing Wave's 2023-2024 season began with 'Compocon ' out annual student composer workshop in August. We worked with nine outstanding emerging composers who worked intensively with the band and our 3 mentor composers Jeffrey Ryan Edward Top and Rita Ueda. Over the next few months the students continued to craft…" Full program description.
How much of The Standing Wave Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 86¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is The Standing Wave Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $65K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Standing Wave's 2023-2024 season began with 'Compocon ' out annual student composer workshop in August. We worked with nine outstanding emerging composers who worked intensively with the band and our 3 mentor composers Jeffrey Ryan Edward Top and Rita Ueda. Over the next few months the students continued to craft their pieces which we then presented at our 'Compocon Presents: The Works of Compocon 2023' concert on February 29 2024. As a side note in September 2024 Danial Sheibani’s piece Trepidation Lake won the 2024 Socan Award for Chamber Music- a testament to the importance of nurtu… Show more
Standing Wave's 2023-2024 season began with 'Compocon ' out annual student composer workshop in August. We worked with nine outstanding emerging composers who worked intensively with the band and our 3 mentor composers Jeffrey Ryan Edward Top and Rita Ueda. Over the next few months the students continued to craft their pieces which we then presented at our 'Compocon Presents: The Works of Compocon 2023' concert on February 29 2024. As a side note in September 2024 Danial Sheibani’s piece Trepidation Lake won the 2024 Socan Award for Chamber Music- a testament to the importance of nurturing the talents of young composers and to Compocon’s mission. Standing Wave was honoured to perform the closing night concert of Music on Main’s 2023 Modulus Festival in November of 2023 which took place at the Roundhouse. We were thrilled to showcase no fewer than three world premieres: new commissions written for us by Nancy Tam Dorothy Chang and Giorgio Magnanensi. We also performed works by Brian Current and the late Jocelyn Morlock. As with previous Modulus Festivals this concert was a co-production with Standing Wave paying artist fees and Music on Main paying for all venue and marketing related costs. This seems to be a very successful model as Music on Main has an excellent marketing department and is consistently able to pull in large and enthusiastic audiences- this one being no exception. We heard many very positive comments after the performance with more than a few audience members mentioning that it was their favourite concert of the entire festival. We look forward to future collaborations! On Sunday May 19 2024 at the Annex Theatre Standing Wave presented Bloom an exploration of landscapes physical metaphysical and musical. We were thrilled to perform two world premieres (Rita Ueda’s Poppies Still Bloom and Grow and Bekah Simms’ Metamold (Flute Feature Version) as well as to collaborate with three exceptional artists: Lani Krantz on harp Geling Jiang on Liuqin and Ali Razmy on the Tar. This concert also featured works by Toru Takemitsu Linda Catlin Smith and Claude Vivier. This program was very well-received by an enthusiastic audience.
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.
86¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 86¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 86¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
14%
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 ↗ · what this means
—
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)$65K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)20%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
55%
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
20%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
55%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
25%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-31 | $65K | 87¢ | 13% | — |
| 2020-07-31 | $58K | 86¢ | 14% | — |
| 2021-07-31 | $52K | 84¢ | 16% | — |
| 2022-07-31 | $115K | 80¢ | 20% | 0.9 yr |
| 2023-07-31 | — | 93¢ | 7% | — |
| 2024-07-31 | $65K | 86¢ | 14% | — |
| trend |
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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)
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Board of directors
6 directors reported · 6 of 6at arm's length
- LOBIN, STACEYPRESIDENTarm's length
- BUTLER, JENNIFERTREASURERarm's length
- LYTWYN, JEANDIRECTORarm's length
- MCGREGOR, MARKSECRETARYarm's length
- Hamel, LizDIRECTORarm's length
- Haney, MarkDIRECTORarm'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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