Indian Summer Arts Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 808864409RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($939,419) as filed with the CRA.
Indian Summer Arts Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $735K in revenue and $939K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 50% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $66K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Indian Summer Arts Society commissions and presents significant local national and international programming that catalyzes and inspires dialogue and global citizenship and reflects Vancouver's position as a harbour for diverse arts ideas & cultures. Its primary production is Indian Summer an annual festival of arts and ideas held in Vancouver every July complemented by year-round programming in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $735K | $939K | $0 | $11K | — | — |
| 2023 | $741K | $893K | $618K | $11K | — | $211K |
| 2022 | $943K | $959K | — | — | — | $363K |
| 2021 | $933K | $786K | $617K | $12K | $0 | $380K |
| 2020 | $756K | $718K | $577K | $43K | — | $233K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $66K from 5 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$443K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Angie Osachoff (chair); Shelley Dhawan (director); Zahid Makhdoom (director); Joseph Bardsley (director); Gregory Gallie (director); Dave Keefe (director); Tara Fraser (director); Jorge Amigo (director); Baljeet Singh (director); Natasha Jategaonkar (director of records privacy); Ashna Misra (director); Daljit Gill-Badesha (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Indian Summer Arts Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 808864409RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.