Arc Poetry Society
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 893127969RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($142,877) as filed with the CRA.
Arc Poetry Society is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 $165K in revenue and $143K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $27K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The society was formed to nuture and promote the composition and appreciation of poetry in canada and to publish and distribute arc canada's national poetry magazine to organize and administer awards contest public readings and other events to nurture and promote the composition and appreciation of poetry
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $165K | $143K | $128K | — | — | $107K |
| 2023 | $157K | $174K | $137K | — | — | $84K |
| 2022 | $185K | $172K | $136K | — | — | $102K |
| 2021 | $158K | $145K | $126K | — | — | $88K |
| 2020 | $167K | $153K | $134K | — | — | $75K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $27K from 3 charities:
- United Way Niagara$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,606
- United Way Niagara$102
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kayla Calder (president); Dee Cao (treasurer); Delainey Gervais (director at large); Allison Goodwin (past secretary); Rebecca Hallquist (secretary); Sabrina Haloulakos (vice president); Margo Lapierre (newletter editor); Nduka Otiono (past president); Danielle Richardson (spoken word editor); Jeffery Richstone (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Arc Poetry Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893127969RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.