British Columbia · Registered charity
THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY
THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$106,356 to it, the largest being VANCOUVER FOUNDATION (C$88,783). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,067 arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,067 arts nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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.
- Comox Valley Community Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Clayoquot Biosphere Trust Societylocal
- Alan and Gwendoline Pyatt 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: 2018 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 3% · 2021 15% · 2022 5% · 2023 3% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
32% of THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose C$9k → C$17k.
From the CRA filings of THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY’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
THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% 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 THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 93% · 2019 93% · 2020 82% · 2021 88% · 2022 76% · 2023 74% — 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
83% of THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY's grant income comes from British Columbia 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.
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.
- Comox Valley Community Foundationlocalportfolio matchBC · funds 21 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Clayoquot Biosphere Trust SocietylocalBC · funds 22 organizations near you
- Alan and Gwendoline Pyatt Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Alberta Music Education Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Deux Mille Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Christopher Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Helpalittle Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Heathcliff Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Y.P.Heung Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Tuey Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jt Charitable Trustportfolio 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 THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 4% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY 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 British Columbia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY?
- THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$106,356 to it, the largest being VANCOUVER FOUNDATION (C$88,783). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 3 organizations giving C$106,356 in grants to THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY?
- VANCOUVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$88,783 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.
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 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