Abbotsford Cultural Centre
Publicly funded institution · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 846696227RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,206,356) as filed with the CRA.
Abbotsford Cultural Centre is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 80% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $33K.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
In 2024 the reach welcomed visitors and to view their rotating exhibitions held in abbotsford. Exhibitions included biborton: shift of being inside/out1: longing to be three birds in the sky x dona park emerge 10th anniversary exhibition I am my mother's daughter and communitas 50th anniversary. Popular programs like yoga weekend family arts c3 curatorial and docent tours and art history classes continued. The reach was also recognized in 2024 with the 2024 heritage bc outstanding award for its des pardes exhibition.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $772K | $1,882 | — | $237K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $994K | $2,070 | — | $376K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $761K | $1,460 | — | $437K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $676K | $3,821 | — | $429K |
| 2020 | $987K | $985K | — | — | $0 | $402K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $33K from 6 charities:
- RBC Foundation$20K
- Deux Mille Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,902
- The Hamber Foundation$2,500
- Lohn Foundation$2,000
- Abbotsford Community Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$600K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kam Grewal (vice chair); Stephanie Talbot (director); Laura Authier (chair); Freddy Latham (director); Sumitra Robertson (director); Kim Tamminga (director); Amy Dhanjal (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Abbotsford Cultural Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846696227RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.