Capilano Review Contemporary Arts Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 128488392RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($294,062) as filed with the CRA.
Capilano Review Contemporary Arts Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $285K in revenue and $294K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The Capilano Review Contemporary Arts Society advances the public's appreciation of the arts through its publishing of the biannual literary and visual arts magazine The Capilano Review and its associated public programming. The magazine which features art poetry fiction essays and interviews provides a forum for a diverse community of Canadian writers and artists either new to the scene or established. In 2024 we published two issues of the magazine (Issue 4.2 and 4.3). We additionally published two online folios SMALL CAPS 6 and ti-TCR 20 both available for free on our website. I…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $285K | $294K | $250K | $3,231 | — | $28K |
| 2023 | $312K | $282K | $82K | $1,500 | — | $92K |
| 2022 | $317K | $327K | $265K | — | — | $30K |
| 2021 | $376K | — | $269K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $276K | $245K | $159K | — | — | $57K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $18K from 4 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- The Hamber Foundation$1,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,368
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$164K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Colin Browne; Mark Cochrane; Jenny Penberthy (board member); David Geary; Daniela Ugarte (treasurer); Emily Dundas Oke (board chair); Elisa Ferrari (at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Capilano Review Contemporary Arts Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 128488392RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.