Guelph Arts Council
Publicly funded institution · Guelph, Ontario · BN 118949098RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($269,088) as filed with the CRA.
Guelph Arts Council is a charitable organization based in Guelph, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $224K in revenue and $269K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 56% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 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 19% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
1) initiate facilitate and/or participate in community arts initiatives that provide opportunities for artists art groups and the community. 2) provide arts- and heritage- related services and information resources to artists arts groups and the community. 3) work to educate and raise community awareness of arts and heritage.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $224K | $269K | $166K | $8 | — | $8,560 |
| 2023 | $230K | $260K | $136K | $221 | — | $54K |
| 2022 | $180K | $206K | $73K | $1,103 | — | $83K |
| 2021 | $239K | $214K | $154K | $3,069 | — | $109K |
| 2020 | $171K | $170K | $115K | $2,364 | — | $84K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $21K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$117K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Barson (director); Susan Carey (director); Danna Evans (director); Erik Grasz (treasurer); Rebecca Kelly (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Guelph Arts Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118949098RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.