Independent Media Arts Alliance
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 128337417RR0001 · National Arts Service Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($929,369) as filed with the CRA.
Independent Media Arts Alliance is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under national arts service organizations. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $949K in revenue and $929K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $242.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $236K in 2020 to $949K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
L'alliance des arts médiatiques indépendants est un organisme de services national à but non lucratif dans le domaine des arts qui fait la promotion et défend les intérêts de la communauté des arts médiatiques.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $949K | $929K | $482K | — | — | $254K |
| 2023 | $846K | $842K | $312K | — | — | $235K |
| 2022 | $907K | $888K | $278K | — | — | $231K |
| 2021 | $645K | $544K | $346K | — | — | $212K |
| 2020 | $236K | $205K | $182K | — | — | $111K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $242 from 1 charity:
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$267K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marianne Breton (administratrice); Yun-Jou Chang (président (av adm)); Annette Hegel (trésorière); Jennifer Smith (administratrice); Danielle Wintrip (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Independent Media Arts Alliance’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 128337417RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.