New Brunswick · Registered charity
Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc.
Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc. (New Brunswick) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$6,134 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$5,534). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc. runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 869 education in the arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 869 education in the arts nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Kiwanis Charities of Saint Johnlocal
- Foundation for Choral Music in Manitoba Incportfolio match
- Craig Foundationportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 33% · 2018 31% · 2019 25% · 2020 31% · 2021 32% · 2022 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc.’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (30% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose C$642 → C$698.
From the CRA filings of Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc.’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc. leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc..
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 91% · 2022 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc. draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside New Brunswick, across 2 regions in all.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Kiwanis Charities of Saint JohnlocalNB · funds 11 organizations near you
- Foundation for Choral Music in Manitoba Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Craig Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Christofor Foundation Inc.shared fundersNB · backs 16 organizations that share your funders
- The Sir James Dunn Foundation Inc.shared fundersNB · backs 25 organizations that share your funders
- The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Alberta Music Education Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Winnipeg Arts Council Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Good Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ontario Arts Foundation/Fondation Des Arts de L'Ontarioportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Council for Business and the Arts in Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation Pierre Desmarais Belvedereportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc. reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 28% of FY2022 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc.
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Brunswick
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc.?
- Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc. (New Brunswick) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$6,134 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$5,534). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc. have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 3 organizations giving C$6,134 in grants to Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc., 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc.?
- CANADAHELPS CANADON is the largest funder on record, with C$5,534 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Early Music Studio of Saint John Inc. find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Brunswick.
These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register