Canadian Mountain Arts Foundation
Charitable organization · Canmore, Alberta · BN 876995671RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,836,499) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mountain Arts Foundation is a charitable organization based in Canmore, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 23% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $197K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Mission : we grow the arts to build our community and enrich our lives. Vision: a bow valley in which all residents engage in the arts and appreciate creativity as vital part of their daily lives. The canadian mountain arts foundation ( cmaf) operates artsplace the bow valley’s only community -based and community-focused arts centre. With its expertise in arts programming cmaf is uniquely able to give bow valley residents a hands-on intimate experience of the arts and creativity. By providing an outlet for personal expression artistic inspiration and creative community conversation arts…
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 | $1.3M | $219K | $40K | $416K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.2M | $163K | $25K | $116K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $146K | $26K | $411K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $760K | $168K | $50K | $406K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $803K | $141K | $10K | $314K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $197K from 16 charities:
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$37K
- Wim and Nancy Pauw Foundation$22K
- Crossway Community Church Canmore$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$15K
- Rozsa Foundation$14K
- RBC Foundation$13K
- The Calgary Foundation$9,923
- Canada Gives$7,000
- Banff Canmore Community Foundation$6,888
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,723
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$5,000
- Canmore Rotary Club Charitable Foundation$3,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- Wheaton Family Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$595K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patti Morris (chair); Bruce Byford (treasurer); Heather Walter (vice chair); Jerome Laycock (secretary); Kathi Irvine (past chair); Juan Dominguez (director at large); Sandra McCaig (director at large); Simmi Latulippe (director at large); Wade Graham (town council representative); Edward Kerwin (director at large); Meredith Bratland (director at large); Stewart Moffatt (director at large); Linda Comand.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mountain Arts Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876995671RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.