Incite Foundation for the Arts
Private foundation · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 851449306RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,203,393) as filed with the CRA.
Incite Foundation for the Arts is a private foundation based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.6M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 42 qualified donees totalling $2.9M in 2024, the largest being $530K to The Art Gallery of Hamilton. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $3.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Receiving and managing funds for the exclusive purpose of making gifts to charities registered under the income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $3.2M | $200K | — | $2.9M | $25M |
| 2023 | $3.2M | $2.1M | $184K | — | $1.8M | $24.6M |
| 2022 | -$200K | $1.1M | $250K | — | $830K | $23.4M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $899K | $161K | — | $692K | $18.4M |
| 2020 | $1M | $759K | $137K | — | $588K | $17.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.9M to 42 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Art Gallery of Hamilton$530K
- The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra (2000) Inc.$432K
- Theatre Aquarius Incorporated$265K
- Westdale Cinema Group$215K
- Royal Botanical Gardens$185K
- Dundas Valley School of Art$183K
- Hamilton Music Collective$180K
- Hamilton Children's Choir$155K
- Centre3 for Print and Media Arts$80K
- Art Gallery of Burlington$75K
- H C A (Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts) Dance Theatre$51K
- Hamilton Festival Theatre Company$42K
- Culture for Kids in the Arts$40K
- 9255451 Canada Association$35K
- McMaster University$35K
- Brott Music Festival$35K
- Hamilton Artists' Inc.$30K
- Hamilton All Star Jazz Band Inc.$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- City of Hamilton$25K
- Tottering Biped Theatre Inc.$22K
- Dundas Valley Orchestra$20K
- Shalem Mental Health Network$19K
- Workers Arts and Heritage Centre Inc$18K
- Burlington New Millennium Orchestra$18K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joy Grahek (president director); Janice Locke (treasurer director); Jennifer Turkstra (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Incite Foundation for the Arts’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851449306RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.