Contemporary Calgary Arts Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118823418RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($4,015,005) as filed with the CRA.
Contemporary Calgary Arts Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $4.2M in revenue and $4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 35% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $439K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.6M in 2020 to $4.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Public art gallery dedicated to the exhibition education and discussion of contemporary art including the presentation of curated exhibitions speaker series publications public events and activities independently and in partnership with other organizations to enhance public understanding and appreciation of contemporary art and visual culture
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $4M | $2.7M | $1.1M | — | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3.5M | $2.2M | $964K | — | $2.9M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.8M | $1.6M | $912K | — | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.3M | $329K | — | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2.2M | $1.2M | $731K | — | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $439K from 14 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$153K
- Aqueduct Foundation$130K
- The Palmer Family Foundation$35K
- ZLC Foundation$32K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$25K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$21K
- Rozsa Foundation$20K
- Purple Platypus$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Carthy Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,050
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,025
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,018
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vandaiyar Sarah (director); John Lacey (director); Jeremy Barretto (director); Donna Kwan (director); Toyin Oladdele (director); Kelly Streit (co chair); Hoda Ahmadi (director); Stephen Krasnow (director); Mary Carol Ryder (co chair); Krista Rabidoux (treasurer); Richard Orman (director); Margaret Jean Mannix (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Contemporary Calgary Arts Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118823418RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.