Embrace Arts Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 733661698RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($111,096) as filed with the CRA.
Embrace Arts Foundation is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $111K in revenue and $111K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 63% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
In-Person Classes: Embrace runs a variety of arts-based classes for disabled and non-disabled children teens and adults. Some of these classes are run independently by Embrace and some are run in collaboration with other local organizations and schools based in the CRD. Online Sessional Classes: Embrace runs a variety of arts-based classes for disabled and non-disabled children teens and adults. Some of these classes are run independently by Embrace others are run collaboratively. This included the Music Jam with Erin and Seated Dance Fitness. In - Person Arts Based Community Events Embra…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $111K | $111K | $109K | — | — | $1,274 |
| 2023 | $26K | $32K | $29K | — | $0 | $1,522 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $35K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$76K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Zelda Coertze (president); Gillian Anderson (treasurer); Lauren Goodmanson (secretary); Lydia Montgomery (director of community).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Embrace Arts Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 733661698RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.