Alberta · Registered charity
THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY
THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 7 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$59,137 to it, the largest being THE CALGARY FOUNDATION (C$26,590). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- C$53k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- C$59k
- Net assets
- C$13k
What The Kensington Sinfonia Society does
Ongoing programs
Kensington Sinfonia is chamber orchestra that performs a mix of Baroque and contemporary classical music. The following is our primary ongoing programming: Main Series - three concerts per season performed at St. Stephen's Anglican Church in downtown Calgary. This is a more traditional concert series with two halves and multiple classical compositions. There is a mix of Baroque and contemporary music. Special focus is paid to Canadian composers and underrepresented groups such as Indigenous composers female composers and BIPOC composers. Kensington Sinfonia regularly commissions new works for these concerts. Brewery Sessions - the Brewery Sessions always occur between one and two weeks following the Main Series. They feature the Kensington Sinfonia String Quintet accompanied by a guest artist from Alberta in a contrasting genre. We rotate partnerships with local breweries that provide performance space free of cost. This season featured the following: Daniel Pelton - Composer and saxophonist Noble Oney - Performer and drag king Wakeford Brewster - Former Calgary poet laureate Composer and former Artistic Director Donovan Seidle composes arrangements to a selection of songs…
As stated on its FY2024 T3010.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from C$48k to C$13k (−73%).
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 75% · 2018 54% · 2019 31% · 2020 60% · 2021 71% · 2022 20% · 2023 60% · 2024 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
54% of THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (28% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose C$6k → C$26k.
From the CRA filings of THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 funders by total. 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
THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 65% · 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 91% · 2022 47% · 2023 86% — diversifying over time.
“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
87% of THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY's grant income comes from Alberta funders.
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.
Against its field
THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,070 arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,070 arts nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Government revenue THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 38% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY
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 Alberta
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY?
- THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 7 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$59,137 to it, the largest being THE CALGARY FOUNDATION (C$26,590). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 7 organizations giving C$59,137 in grants to THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY?
- THE CALGARY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$26,590 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE KENSINGTON SINFONIA SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alberta.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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 October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register