Alberta University of the Arts
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 106692981RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($26,406,976) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta University of the Arts is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $27.2M in revenue and $26.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $182K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 118 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Post-secondary education in the field of visual art and design. Alberta university of the arts (auarts) provides bachelor of fine arts bachelor of design and masters of fine arts programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27.2M | $26.4M | $22.6M | $125K | — | $31.3M |
| 2023 | $25.8M | $24.3M | $20.4M | $201K | — | $29.9M |
| 2022 | $24.1M | $23.4M | $18.8M | $153K | — | $23.8M |
| 2021 | $23.8M | $22M | $18.8M | $152K | — | $17.4M |
| 2020 | $25.7M | $24.4M | $19.6M | $378K | — | $15.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $182K from 13 charities:
- RBC Foundation$100K
- Educationmatters$30K
- The Calgary Foundation$21K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$10K
- Place2Give Foundation$6,700
- Wayne Foo Foundation$5,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$2,500
- The W. P. Scott Charitable Foundation$1,500
- BenefAction Foundation$1,500
- Vancouver Foundation$1,250
- The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation$1,119
- Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation$750
- Canadahelps Canadon$595
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions118
- Total compensation, all staff$17.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta University of the Arts’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106692981RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.