Folk Arts Council of Winnipeg Inc.
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 118920388RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,797,673) as filed with the CRA.
Folk Arts Council of Winnipeg Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $154K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $864K in 2020 to $2.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Booking agency annual folklorama festival professional development through conferences and workshops. Folklorama is supported by some 20 000 pavillion volunteers. Recognized as an official cioff festival. Folklorama was named as one of the top 100 events by american bus association.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $1.8M | — | — | $873K |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $1.8M | — | — | $852K |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $769K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $815K | — | — | $745K |
| 2020 | $864K | $911K | $690K | — | — | $652K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $154K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$869K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kim Ly (president and chair steerin); Deborah Bowers (chair licensing committee); Peter Parboji (chair finance & audit comm); George Wong (chair review committee); Richard Rief (immediate past president c); Marites Aiello (director); Tamar Barr (director); Althea Gederon (director); Debbie Hirsch (director); Surekha Joshi (director); Calvin Loi (director); Bridget Peterson (director); Susan Shortill (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Folk Arts Council of Winnipeg Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118920388RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.