Art Gallery of Alberta Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 119230902RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,741,483) as filed with the CRA.
Art Gallery of Alberta Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.2M in revenue and $8.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 45% from government, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 30 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $264 in 2024, the largest being $189 to Latitude 53 Society of Artists. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
The art gallery of alberta society is focused on the development and presentation of original exhibitions of contemporary and historical from alberta canada and around the world.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.2M | $8.7M | $6.8M | $621K | $264 | $76M |
| 2023 | $6.2M | $8.2M | $6.6M | $443K | — | $77.6M |
| 2022 | $5.7M | $8.1M | $6M | $560K | — | $79.6M |
| 2021 | $8.1M | $7.1M | $5.3M | $424K | $776 | $82M |
| 2020 | $6.9M | $6.9M | $5.4M | $269K | $56 | $81M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $264 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $1.1M from 13 charities:
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$714K
- Canadahelps Canadon$87K
- Canadahelps Canadon$87K
- BenefAction Foundation$80K
- Gordon & Diane Buchanan Family Foundation$50K
- RBC Foundation$40K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$32K
- The Jeffrey and Marilyn McCaig Family Foundation$20K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$20K
- The Calgary Foundation$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,519
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,500
- Shelley and Guy Scott Family Foundation$1,500
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
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions30
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allen Ball (officer); Pamela Eshenko (financial officer); Peggy Garritty (vice chair); Brad Hamdon (officer); John Lemieux (director); Frank Mannarino (director); Christiana Manzocco (director); Sarat Maharaj (director); Fraser Murch (director); Sheila O'Brien (director); Dell Pohlman (director); Aman Randhawa (officer); Linda Shaikh (director); Robert Sleight (director); Aly Sumar (director); Leon Zupan (chair); Jennifer Flaman (city of edmonton advisor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Art Gallery of Alberta Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119230902RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.