Art City Inc.
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 893753111RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($786,666) as filed with the CRA.
Art City Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $827K in revenue and $787K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 35% from government, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $390K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Free art programming pottery studio photography studio digital art studio guest art services special art services
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $827K | $787K | $757K | — | — | $286K |
| 2023 | $878K | $942K | $898K | — | — | $246K |
| 2022 | $785K | $808K | $808K | — | — | $310K |
| 2021 | $816K | $737K | $737K | — | — | $333K |
| 2020 | $786K | $654K | $499K | $200 | — | $255K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $390K from 22 charities:
- The Winnipeg Foundation$102K
- Manitoba Arts Council$65K
- Canadahelps Canadon$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$37K
- Graham C. Lount Family Foundation Inc.$30K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$30K
- Siobhan Richardson Foundation Inc$25K
- Whitestone Foundation Inc.$19K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$10K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$10K
- West Broadway Development Corporation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$4,000
- Abundance Canada$3,777
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,674
- Urban Systems Foundation$2,500
- The Calgary Foundation$1,500
- The Pollard Family Foundation Inc.$1,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- First Unitarian Universalist Church of Winnipeg Inc$714
- The Asper Foundation$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$486
- Memory Artist of Manitoba Inc.$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$587K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Monique Lysak (director); Wanda Koop (honorary chair); Shirley Martens (chair/treasurer); Tania Canas (member); Jennifer Kirkwood (director); Sonia Prevost-Derbecker (director); Boily Jacqueline (director); Laura Normand (director); Pat Palanuk (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Art City Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893753111RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.