Focus Media Arts Centre
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 819888660RR0002 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($384,982) as filed with the CRA.
Focus Media Arts Centre is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $384K in revenue and $385K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from government, 14% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,112.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% 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 8 names.
In its own words
FOCUS Media Arts Centre seeks to accomplish its charitable goals through the operation of a public access 24-hour digital radio broadcast station known as Radio Regent; a public access 24-hour closed circuit community television station known as Regent Park TV; and a community based multi-media training hub known as Regent Park Focus that provides professional user-free training courses and workshops in new media music studio recording photography audio arts print media and video production.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $384K | $385K | $254K | — | — | $266K |
| 2023 | $450K | — | $348K | — | — | $267K |
| 2022 | $417K | $370K | $279K | — | — | $255K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,112 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,112
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
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$290K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Gnani (president); Natalie Alcoba (director); David Zapparoli (director); Joel Williams (director); Theo Nazary (director); Rhoma Spencer (director); Ryan Field (director); Tien Providence (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Focus Media Arts Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819888660RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.