Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119247310RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($670,676) as filed with the CRA.
Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $624K in revenue and $671K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The exhibition program presented public programs in the centre's gallery space. We also hosted artist's talks and panel discussions for free to the public both in-person and online. Ongoing programs also include service to artists such as access to photo production facilities and members' gallery as well as educational programming for adults and youth. Some youth orogramming is fully subsidized particularil y those programs offered to underserved communities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $624K | $671K | $525K | $12K | — | $190K |
| 2023 | $649K | $674K | $538K | $22K | — | $237K |
| 2022 | $592K | $594K | $482K | $11K | — | $262K |
| 2021 | $611K | $527K | $419K | $9,769 | — | $264K |
| 2020 | $560K | $497K | $394K | $13K | — | $180K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $21K from 5 charities:
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
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$286K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Scriven (treasurer); Gustavo Jabbaz (secretary); Danielle Goshay (director); Kate Wivell (director); Lisa Muzzin (director); Sanaz Mazinani (director); Sarah Bodri (director); Zile Liepins (director); Ariel Thomas (director); Grace Wang (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119247310RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.