Cag Contemporary Art Gallery Society of British Columbia
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 887137396RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($936,893) as filed with the CRA.
Cag Contemporary Art Gallery Society of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 $972K in revenue and $937K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 62% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $81K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1. Mounting up to 13 exhibitions per year which place the work of vancouver artists in national and international contexts. 2. Producing illustrated catalogues to document and expand upon exhibitions.3. Organizing artist/curator talks and tours. 4. Publics and educational programs. 5. Residencies for artists.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $972K | $937K | $763K | $62K | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $751K | $967K | $866K | $4,194 | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $839K | $865K | $781K | $4,446 | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $927K | $857K | $752K | $7,809 | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $942K | $723K | $547K | $5,990 | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $81K from 7 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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$446K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Justin Chambers (director); Paul Faibish (vice president); Gina Jones (treasurer); Maninder Malli (vice president); Nada Vuksic (honorary director); Bruno Wall (director); Denis Walz (director); Emily Wheeler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cag Contemporary Art Gallery Society of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887137396RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.