Em Media Gallery & Production Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118899590RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($322,876) as filed with the CRA.
Em Media Gallery & Production Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, 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 $325K in revenue and $323K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $221.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
EM MEDIA's mandate is to support the production presentation education and development of media arts in Alberta across a range of media and disciplines including audio video web-based art independent film animation and multi-media. EM MEDIA
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $325K | $323K | $253K | — | — | $370K |
| 2023 | $263K | $258K | $135K | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $269K | $242K | — | — | — | $378K |
| 2021 | $304K | $206K | $53K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $289K | $289K | $87K | — | — | $252K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $221 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$108K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathryn Blair (director); Chris Kerich (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Em Media Gallery & Production Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118899590RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.