Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 108071648RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,098,520) as filed with the CRA.
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4.7M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 30% from government, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $856K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 21 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
We are a public art gallery showcasing exhibitions from Canadian contemporary and historical artists international artists and a world-class Asian collection. We house and maintain the largest collection of visual arts in public trust in British Columbia. We provide regular year-round public programming and exhibitions to enrich and enhance the visitors' experience to our gallery. We provide educational programs services and experiences to children and youth each year through outreach programs and special family events such as Family Sundays New Extreme Teacher Resource Guides Studi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $4.1M | $3.2M | $303K | — | $14.2M |
| 2023 | $5.4M | $6.4M | $3.2M | $337K | $0 | $13.6M |
| 2022 | $4.3M | $3.4M | $2.6M | $220K | $110K | $14.6M |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $3.4M | $2.7M | $147K | — | $14.1M |
| 2020 | $6.3M | $5.4M | $4.7M | $248K | $38K | $13.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $856K from 13 charities:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Foundation$558K
- The Victoria Foundation$177K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$25K
- BenefAction Foundation$15K
- RBC Foundation$12K
- The Christopher Foundation$10K
- A & a King Family Foundation$5,000
- United Way British Columbia$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$861
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$337
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,99914 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions21
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mona Chai (director); Carol Anne Harper (president); Donna Jones (secretary); Christopher Lawless (past president); Patricia Lortie (director); Nikki Macdonald (director); Brian Gordon (director); Greg Pedersen (treasurer); Eva Baboula (director); Laylee Rohani (2nd vice president); Robert Coulter (1st vice president); Whitney Archer (director); Chuck Burkett (president aggv foundation); Selma Linzer (director); Robert Rames (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108071648RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.