Arts Council Wood Buffalo
Publicly funded institution · Fort McMurray, Alberta · BN 810645374RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($959,590) as filed with the CRA.
Arts Council Wood Buffalo is a charitable organization based in Fort McMurray, Alberta, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $917K in revenue and $960K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $291K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Programs include: business of the arts creative conncetions wood buffalo excellence in arts awards artist in residency suncor indigenous artist program alberta culture days rural arts support program seniors elders & the arts arts incubator project.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $917K | $960K | $649K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $969K | $918K | $642K | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $973K | $965K | $719K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $869K | $860K | $579K | — | $10K | $75K |
| 2020 | $862K | $876K | $674K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $291K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$600K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mitchel Bowers (secretary); Dawn Booth (director); Theresa Wells (vice chair); Nabil Malik (director); Will Collins (chair); Jeffory Magson (director); Luie Raczynski (treasurer); Clay Fadden (director); Celia Macdonald (director); Ashley Brockway (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Arts Council Wood Buffalo’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 810645374RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.