Common Weal Community Arts Inc
Publicly funded institution · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 880329982RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($626,845) as filed with the CRA.
Common Weal Community Arts Inc is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $636K in revenue and $627K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,187.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $397K in 2020 to $636K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Hello in there - visual arts programs for elderly patuanank cultural programs - visual & media arts programs in northern sk respond to racism - workshops in rural and municipal communities that promote intercultural understanding healthy communications and strategies for allies art lodge - an ongoing initiative to get first nations men to explore their identities and tell their stories theatre in the park - involvement of all ages to perform and interact in the summer caged bird initiative - involvment for the treatment of caged birds
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $636K | $627K | $507K | $25K | — | $140K |
| 2023 | $723K | $684K | $552K | $34K | — | $131K |
| 2022 | $441K | $430K | $310K | $29K | — | $91K |
| 2021 | $500K | $482K | $300K | — | — | $80K |
| 2020 | $397K | $393K | $228K | — | — | $62K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8,187 from 2 charities:
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$305K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Taiwo Afolabi (director); Lara Bonokoski (secretary); Sonia Stranger (director); Carli Down (treasurer); Alana Moore (director); Tenielle Bogdan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Common Weal Community Arts Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 880329982RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.