Art-Official Inc.
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 122871270RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($485,256) as filed with the CRA.
Art-Official Inc. is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $489K in revenue and $485K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 45% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $325K in 2020 to $489K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Art metropole (am) operates as the sole division of art-official inc. A not-for-profit corporation incorporated under the laws of the province of ontario. Am pursues a focus on the production dissemination and contextualization of artist-initiated publication in a variety of media especially formats and practices predisposed to sharing and circulation. Am is a member of the canadian museum association (cma) and the art librarians society of north america (arlis/na) as well as the artist-run centres and collectives of ontario (arcco). Am's mission statement is 'to collect document prese…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $489K | $485K | $119K | — | — | -$56K |
| 2023 | $413K | $552K | $500K | — | — | -$66K |
| 2022 | $409K | $436K | $385K | — | — | $36K |
| 2021 | $303K | $286K | $237K | — | — | $62K |
| 2020 | $325K | $333K | $276K | — | — | $35K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$215K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Katie Lawson (chair / president); Gareth Long (past president); Laura Macdonald (treasurer); Nicole Cartier (member-at-large); Daniel Hunt (member-at-large); Sameen Mahboubi (member-at-large); Madeleine Taurins (member-at-large); Anthony Cooper (member-at-large); Frank Griggs (member-at-large); Ali Qadeer (member-at-large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Art-Official Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122871270RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.