Dawson City Arts Society
Publicly funded institution · Dawson City, Yukon · BN 871068938RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($983,338) as filed with the CRA.
Dawson City Arts Society is a charitable organization based in Dawson City, Yukon, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $958K in revenue and $983K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $47K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Full time & part time professional & continuing art education courses & workshops - youth programming - performing arts literary & visual presentations - public art gallery - annual art festival - summer art market - annual film festival - annual print & publishing festival annual youth art enrichment program - artist residency program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $958K | $983K | $680K | $31K | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $855K | $24K | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $283K | $303K | $282K | $123 | — | $1 |
| 2021 | $865K | $962K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $878K | $914K | — | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $47K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$375K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lana Welchman (president); Kayla Gagne (vice president); April Russell (treasurer); Marie Spina (secretary); David Curtis (director); Peter Menzies (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dawson City Arts Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871068938RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.