Canadian Arts Presenters Association
Publicly funded institution · Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island · BN 122349186RR0001 · National Arts Service Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,795,683) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Arts Presenters Association is a charitable organization based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, classified by the CRA under national arts service organizations. 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 $1.8M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $180K.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $325K in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Arts program annual conference digital metadata project mentorship program presenter capacity building program research and development skills development program website
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $294K | — | — | $294K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.2M | — | — | $309K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1M | — | — | $347K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1M | — | — | $262K |
| 2020 | $325K | $1.2M | $931K | — | — | $58K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $180K from 2 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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$427K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Glenn Brown (treasurer); Natalie Lue (president); Pam Patel (secretary); Gillian Reid (vice president); Michele Emslie (director); Charlie Wu (director); Matthew Mackenzie (director); Umair Jaffar (director); Erin Kennedy (director); Andrea Vincent (director); Angela Campbell (director); Kennedy Jenson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Arts Presenters Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122349186RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.