Calgary Arts Academy Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 884460114RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,134,514) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Arts Academy Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $7.2M in revenue and $7.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 55 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Calgary arts academy society is a public charter school which delivers educational content through arts immersion. This is an aproved program within alberta education and is compliant with all rules and regulations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.2M | $7.1M | — | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $6.5M | $6.7M | — | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $6M | $5.7M | — | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $5.3M | $5.3M | — | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $5.1M | $5.2M | — | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions55
- Total compensation, all staff$4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joshua Dalledonne (vice chair); Ken McNeill (director); Jim McLeod (director); Anna Murphy (directoy); Arsheel Hirji (director); Doug Frenette (director); Neil Tichkowsky (chair); John McWilliams (director); Mallory Graham (director); Jon Yee (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Arts Academy Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 884460114RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.