Artsbuild Ontario Charitable Organization
Publicly funded institution · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 851620351RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($423,266) as filed with the CRA.
Artsbuild Ontario Charitable Organization is a public foundation based in Kitchener, Ontario, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $349K in revenue and $423K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 53% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $134.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Artsbuild ontario (abo) is a provincial arts services organization that provides small and medium-sized organizations with tools training and advice to successfully manage physical and digital creative spaces. Abo works to reimagine the future of creative spaces through dedicated research projects and an engaged network of supportive partners.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $349K | $423K | $403K | — | — | $53K |
| 2023 | $315K | $333K | $325K | — | — | $127K |
| 2022 | $382K | $342K | $317K | — | — | $145K |
| 2021 | $364K | $368K | $350K | $0 | $0 | $105K |
| 2020 | $383K | $367K | — | — | $0 | $109K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $134 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$182K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kristian Clarke (president); Williams Ralph (treasurer); Zainub Verjee (secretary); Thea Kurdi (direcot); Bryn Jones (director); Shirley Madill (vp).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Artsbuild Ontario Charitable Organization’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851620351RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.