Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Sussex, New Brunswick · BN 796294528RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($429,416) as filed with the CRA.
Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex Inc. is a charitable organization based in Sussex, New Brunswick, 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 October 31, 2024, it reported $366K in revenue and $429K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 50% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $120K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $450 in 2024, the largest being $400 to The Sussex Sharing Club Inc. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $180K in 2020 to $366K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Arts and culture centre of sussex: ax's mission is to support advocate and promote arts and culture in individuals who live in and visit our region. Ax advances public appreciation of the arts through exhibits presentations and performances. Ax provides a forum for qualified artists to exhibit present or perform their works. Ax promotes public education on the value and benefit of arts and culture not only to the individuals but also to the larger community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $366K | $429K | $416K | $4,246 | $450 | $103K |
| 2023 | $410K | $398K | $388K | $848 | $250 | $166K |
| 2022 | $408K | $346K | $322K | $635 | $10K | $153K |
| 2021 | $287K | $279K | $251K | $50 | — | $156K |
| 2020 | $180K | $210K | $196K | $107 | — | $125K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $450 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $120K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$296K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Webster (president); Donna Floyd Hanson (vice president); Emily O'Donnell (secretary); Delanie Pearson (treasurer); Peter Powning (director); Mary Lea Stafford (director); Heather McCaig (director); Alyson Scott (director); Sari Labelle (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 796294528RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.