Church Street School Cultural Centre
Publicly funded institution · Aurora, Ontario · BN 808239693RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,674,965) as filed with the CRA.
Church Street School Cultural Centre is a charitable organization based in Aurora, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $1.6M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $708K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The organization has been established to deliver a diverse range of inspiring artistic music and heritage programs: - presents free community events (family events historical displays heritage lectures community sing-alongs) - provides free public gallery art shows and exhibitions - provides registered instructional programs for adult and youth art programs - presents live house events (I.e. Classical musical series jazz events concerts art galleries etc.) - houses historical displays for public viewing on their premises
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $238K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $305K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.1M | $14K | — | $374K |
| 2021 | $817K | $817K | $637K | $17K | — | $380K |
| 2020 | $708K | $627K | $483K | $3,279 | — | $380K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $21K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sharon Kelly (director); Mandana Gholami Mobarakabadi (director); Edlene Antonio (director); Anita Townsend (director); Michelle Lockie (treasurer); Alicia Lauzon (director); Morry Patoka (director); Mary Ann McConkey (interim president); Morry Patoka (vice president); Phiona Durrant (director); Stephen Lusk (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Church Street School Cultural Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 808239693RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.