Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge
Publicly funded institution · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 118782846RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,449,093) as filed with the CRA.
Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge is a charitable organization based in Lethbridge, Alberta, 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 $2.5M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,601.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $25 in 2024, the largest being $25 to Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1) Municipal Service Agreements: The AAC provides arts leadership and manages the Casa Arts Centre through fee-for-service agreements with the City of Lethbridge. 2) Arts Promotion: The AAC promotes awareness and engagement in the arts through advertising print and digital publications social media newsletters and a publicly accessible online arts calendar. 3) Professional Development: The AAC offers professional development sessions to support local artists and arts organizations. These sessions include training presentations and recorded resources all of which are accessible via the A…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $2.1M | $61K | $25 | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.1M | $68K | $437 | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $71K | $0 | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $71K | $2,025 | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $93K | $1,682 | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $25 to 1 qualified donee:
- Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta$25
Received $6,601 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jon Oxley (president); Janene Moch (treasurer); Kerry Gellrich; Lisa Doolittle (vice-president); Sierra McTavish; David Barrus; Megan Jones.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118782846RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.