WHITE SPOT PIPE BAND SOCIETY
Charitable organizationEducation in the arts·6888 184A ST · SURREY, BC · V3S 9H9·BN 888137403RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
0¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
0%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
—
not in this filing
Revenue T1
$54K
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 White Spot Pipe Band Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 888137403RR0001. 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 White Spot Pipe Band Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 6888 184A ST, SURREY, BC, V3S 9H9. Source.
What does White Spot Pipe Band Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "The White Spot Pipe Band Society operates a comprehensive multi-level musical instruction program that teaches Celtic heritage music through bagpipes and drums. The program is designed to accommodate varying levels of experience and includes beginner lessons in piping drumming and dancing as well as a Grade 5…" Full program description.
How much of White Spot Pipe Band Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 0¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is White Spot Pipe Band Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $54K (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
The White Spot Pipe Band Society operates a comprehensive multi-level musical instruction program that teaches Celtic heritage music through bagpipes and drums. The program is designed to accommodate varying levels of experience and includes beginner lessons in piping drumming and dancing as well as a Grade 5 competition band a Grade 4 competition band plus a performance dance team. The band and dancers practice once a week for two hours with additional practices scheduled during competition season. Many of the band members and dancers also compete in solo competition at these events and … Show more
The White Spot Pipe Band Society operates a comprehensive multi-level musical instruction program that teaches Celtic heritage music through bagpipes and drums. The program is designed to accommodate varying levels of experience and includes beginner lessons in piping drumming and dancing as well as a Grade 5 competition band a Grade 4 competition band plus a performance dance team. The band and dancers practice once a week for two hours with additional practices scheduled during competition season. Many of the band members and dancers also compete in solo competition at these events and continuously rank in the top standing for their solo grade levels.
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.
0¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 0¢ 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 0¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
0%
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
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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)$54K
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 ↗
19%
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
0%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
19%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
81%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $75K | — | — | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $36K | 0¢ | 0% | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $39K | 0¢ | 0% | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $47K | 0¢ | 0% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $57K | 0¢ | 0% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $54K | 0¢ | 0% | — |
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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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Board of directors
31 directors reported · 31 of 31at arm's length
- Rowley, DarrenPresidentarm's length
- Ballum, JasonVice-Presidentarm's length
- Hossack, KellySecretaryarm's length
- Orozco, LynsayTreasurerarm's length
- Watts, SarahDirectorarm's length
- McGown, NicolaDirectorarm's length
- MacPherson, JasonDirectorarm's length
- McKinnon, ScottDirectorarm's length
- Turner, TraceyDirectorarm's length
- Watts, SarahPresidentarm's length
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- Ballum, JasonVice-Presidentarm's length
- Hossack, KellySecretaryarm's length
- Fuller, KellyTreasurerarm's length
- Boult, AngelaDirectorarm's length
- Hume, RichelleDirectorarm's length
- McGowan, NicolaDirectorarm's length
- McPherson, JasonDirectorarm's length
- Starycki, LoniDirectorarm's length
- Stratychuk, KenDirectorarm's length
- Turner, TraceyDirectorarm's length
- Watts, SarahPresidentarm's length
- Stratychuk, KenVice Presidentarm's length
- Fuller, KellyTreasurerarm's length
- Starycki, LoniSecretaryarm's length
- Basiren, NatalieDirectorarm's length
- Hume, RichelleDirectorarm's length
- Masters, ColinDirectorarm's length
- McGowan, NicolaDirectorarm's length
- McPherson, JasonDirectorarm's length
- Mihailoff, MichelleDirectorarm's length
- Schreiber, AllisonDirectorarm'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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