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Registered as VSO SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOCIETY
$3,727,189
$3,612,204
It took in $114,985 more than it spent, and retained the difference. Neither is good or bad on its own — charities hold reserves, run capital campaigns, and spend down endowments, and the return does not say which.
| Year | Money in | Money out |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $2.3M | $2.3M |
| 2018303-day period | $1.9M | $2.1M |
| 2019 | $2.6M | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3.1M |
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.6M |
The period marked above (2018) did not cover about twelve months. A charity that changes its fiscal year end files a shorter or longer transitional return, so a figure for that period is smaller or larger because of its length — not because the charity did less or more.
| What it went on | CRA line | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charitable programs | 5000 | $2,451,264 | 67.9% |
| Management and administration | 5010 | $889,658 | 24.6% |
| Fundraising | 5020 | $109,238 | 3.0% |
| Not allocated to a line | $162,044 | 4.5% | |
| Total expenditures excluding gifts | 4950 | $3,612,204 |
The reported lines do not add up to the total. The difference is spending the charity did not assign to any of them — the CRA return treats these lines as optional components of the total, not as a complete breakdown of it.
Vso School of Music Society reported spending 67.9% of its expenditure on charitable programs. Among the 1,317 charities registered under education in the arts that reported the same line for 2024, the middle of the range is 84.4%, and this charity sits at the 23th percentile — below 77% of them.
That is a position in a distribution, not a verdict. Charities allocate costs differently on the same form, and a lower share often reflects how a return was filled in rather than how the money was spent. The cohort counts only charities that reported this line — about a quarter of the register does not, and they are not in the comparison at all.
Canadian charities report how many of their ten highest-paid positions fall in each pay band. Not who they are, and not what any one person earns — the return does not collect that, and it cannot be worked out from what follows.
10 positions reported in total.
| Permanent full-time positions | 300 | 24 |
|---|---|---|
| Part-time or part-year employees | 370 | 13 |
| Total spent on all compensation | 390 | $675,784 |
Charities that hold significant property not used in their programs must spend a minimum amount each year — the disbursement quota. Vso School of Music Society files this schedule; most charities do not.
| Required to spend | 840 | $7,629 |
|---|---|---|
| Counted toward the quota | 860 | $2,451,264 |
| Difference | 865 | $2,443,635 above the quota |
Charities may also carry a disbursement excess forward for five years, so a single year is a slice of a longer calculation rather than the whole of it.
The most recent return this charity has filed — not its position today. Charities have six months to file and the CRA publishes annually.
These are the charity’s own figures. A surprising figure is at least as likely to be a filing error as a finding.
This site cannot confirm whether 806095253 RR 0001 is registered today. Its filings are public open data; current registration status is not, and the CRA’s own listing is the only authoritative source. Check this charity on the CRA Charities Listing.
Source: Canada Revenue Agency — List of charities (T3010). Data current as of 2024 filing year. Filed by the charity and not audited by the CRA. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.