Artsea Community Arts Council Society
Publicly funded institution · Sidney, British Columbia · BN 888887262RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($209,796) as filed with the CRA.
Artsea Community Arts Council Society is a charitable organization based in Sidney, British Columbia, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $163K in revenue and $210K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $144.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $93K in 2020 to $163K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The artsea gallery in tulista park salish sea lantern festival artsea studio tour the sidney art walk administration of the sidney seaside sculpture walk administration of the saanich peninsula arts and culture grant and bursary program (spacg) artsea scholarship: dianne cross award for the arts coast capital art display world art day garden door challenge
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $163K | $210K | $182K | $1,850 | $20K | $68K |
| 2023 | $148K | $173K | — | — | $15K | $96K |
| 2022 | $146K | $134K | $49K | — | $819 | $120K |
| 2021 | $156K | $110K | $45K | — | — | $108K |
| 2020 | $93K | $96K | $39K | — | — | $63K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $144 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$105K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susane Irvine (director); Patricia Wilson (past president); Ethel Mailhot (president); Wendy Woollard (treasurer/vp); Joanne Helm (director); Mary Phillpott (director); Jenny Curtis (interim director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Artsea Community Arts Council Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888887262RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.