Canadian Centre for Architecture / Centre Canadien d'Architecture
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 118830009RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,098,781) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Centre for Architecture / Centre Canadien d'Architecture is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $21.9M in revenue and $18.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from government, 36% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7.9M.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 100 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
The canadian centre for architecture is a museum and study centre founded in 1979 to study and make known the significance of architecture in the unfolding of the history of our society. The cca advance its purposes through exhibitions public and educational programs seminars conferences publications and research. Its national and international activities are directed toward architects scholars and the general public.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21.9M | $18.1M | $15.6M | $366K | — | $175.1M |
| 2023 | $4.9M | $18.8M | $16.3M | $455K | — | $166.6M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $17.1M | $15.2M | $450K | — | $171.7M |
| 2021 | $18.8M | $16M | $13.5M | $474K | — | $190M |
| 2020 | $24.1M | $15.9M | $13.4M | $422K | — | $186.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7.9M from 12 charities:
- The Claridge Foundation$7.8M
- Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Family Foundation$16K
- BenefAction Foundation$15K
- The Phyllis Lambert Foundation/la Fondation Phyllis Lambert$10K
- The CRB Foundation/La fondation CRB$10K
- Fondation Guy Laliberte$10K
- The Ouellette Family Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,750
- Brian Bronfman family foundation/ Fondation de la famille Brian Bronfman$1,875
- Revery Foundation$1,000
- The Elizabeth and Tony Comper Foundation$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$575
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions100
- Total compensation, all staff$7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Bronfman (director); Phyllis Lambert (founding dir. emeritus); Sylvia Lavin (director); Frederick Lowy (director); Bruce Kuwabara (chair); Pierre-Andre Themens (exec. vice-chair & secre); Gerald Sheff (director); Guido Beltramini (director); Timur Galen (director); Michael Conforti (director); Greg Lynn (director); Giovanna Borasi (director); Rosamond Ivey (director); Lorne Gertner (director); Katherine Nikidis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Centre for Architecture / Centre Canadien d'Architecture’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118830009RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.