Arts Starts Neighbourhood Cultural Centre
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 134257765RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($465,742) as filed with the CRA.
Arts Starts Neighbourhood Cultural Centre is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $546K in revenue and $466K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 47% from government, 36% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $128K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Art starts inspires and cultivate social change by bringing professional artist and toronto residents together to create community building art projects in all artistic diciplines. Art starts provides responsive and relevant creative opportunities to those living in underserved and stressed communities. Programs celebrate communities foster collaboration and respond to local needs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $546K | $466K | $326K | $11K | — | $198K |
| 2023 | $650K | $634K | $468K | $4,544 | — | $193K |
| 2022 | $682K | $771K | $574K | $665 | $44K | $239K |
| 2021 | $700K | $706K | $536K | $6,258 | — | $329K |
| 2020 | $660K | $493K | $325K | $2,529 | — | $334K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $128K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$257K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kyle Williams (treasurer); Stephanie Mae Draker (board member); Anoosha Lalani (board member); Neetika Sharma (board chair); Rakshanda Khan (director); Jodi Cameron (director); Alex Paxton-Beesley (director secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Arts Starts Neighbourhood Cultural Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134257765RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.