Art Engine Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 894353390RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($364,116) as filed with the CRA.
Art Engine Inc. is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $368K in revenue and $364K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $418.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Artist residencies; exhibitions; concerts; media art curation; workshops; fellowships online video production; digital fabrication; technical support for artists; discursive programs (symposia artist talks)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $368K | $364K | $293K | — | — | $389K |
| 2023 | $267K | $504K | $269K | — | — | $168K |
| 2022 | $395K | $203K | $134K | — | — | $444K |
| 2021 | $357K | $264K | $214K | — | — | $304K |
| 2020 | $349K | $261K | $207K | — | — | $286K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $418 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$107K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Diana Cantu (president); Jason Cobill (vice-president); Anthony Scavarelli (treasurer); Michaela Van Beinum.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Art Engine Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894353390RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.