Common Ground Arts Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 703399519RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($223,791) as filed with the CRA.
Common Ground Arts Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $196K in revenue and $224K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $37K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4,304 in 2020 to $196K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Common Ground Arts presents an annual celebration of art in unexpected places Found Festival every July in venues throughout Edmonton featuring local and national performing artists. We also present RISER Edmonton a producer training program and new works festival that uplifts artists facing barriers to professional opportunities in partnership with festivals across Alberta. We also present the Prairie Mainstage Series 1-3 presentations each year featuring ambitious and unexpected independent theatre from across the prairie provinces.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $196K | $224K | $220K | $0 | $0 | $5,066 |
| 2023 | $253K | $255K | $254K | $1,137 | — | $33K |
| 2022 | $196K | $188K | $187K | $150 | — | $25K |
| 2021 | $236K | $140K | $140K | $481 | — | $14K |
| 2020 | $4,304 | $51K | $48K | — | — | $14K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $37K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hitomi Suzuta (president); Bridget Lyne (secretary); Megan Dart (director); Alison Besecker (director); Christina Harbak (director); Jessie McPhee (director); Drew Delbaere (director); Ainsley Hillyard (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Common Ground Arts Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 703399519RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.