Griffin Art Projects Society
Charitable organization · West Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 783275092RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($517,634) as filed with the CRA.
Griffin Art Projects Society is a charitable organization based in West Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $537K in revenue and $518K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations, 19% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $407K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The purposes of the society are: (a) to enhance the lives of children teens adults or seniors by providing access to private contemporary art collections. The society will provide a public exhibition space where private contemporary art collections will be displayed to be viewed by members of the public without cost. (b) to improve the physical emotional andéor intellectual well-being of children teens adults or seniors through access to art. (c) to offer art education programs to children through their preschool elementary middle or high school where access to art education …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $537K | $518K | $410K | $12K | — | -$26K |
| 2023 | $516K | $497K | $398K | $13K | — | -$46K |
| 2022 | $449K | $516K | $412K | $18K | — | -$64K |
| 2021 | $487K | $486K | $388K | $14K | — | $2,906 |
| 2020 | $648K | $325K | $297K | $4,937 | — | $14K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $407K 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
- $1–39,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$219K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Henning Freybe (director); Brigitte Freybe (director); Merla Beckerman (director); Howard Nemtin (director); Christos Dikeakos (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Griffin Art Projects Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 783275092RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.