Comox Valley Community Arts Council
Publicly funded institution · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 118871300RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($219,700) as filed with the CRA.
Comox Valley Community Arts Council is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, British Columbia, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $220K in revenue and $220K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,666.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $147K in 2020 to $220K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Providing a variety of cultural activities in the community including workshops events festivals exhibition spaces seasonal programs and support of arts programs. We promote the comox valley as a creative and dynamic arts producing centre.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $220K | $220K | $198K | — | — | $52K |
| 2023 | $193K | $192K | $192K | — | — | $52K |
| 2022 | $221K | $195K | $195K | — | — | $51K |
| 2021 | $160K | $160K | $160K | — | — | $24K |
| 2020 | $147K | $154K | $154K | — | — | $25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,666 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$122K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Megan Trumble (president); Lisa Hughes (vice-president); Dru Chapple (secretary); Sean Kerrigan (treasurer); Arzeena Hamir (director); Christina Jones (director); Helen Utsal (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Comox Valley Community Arts Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118871300RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.