Inuit Art Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 121033724RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,080,715) as filed with the CRA.
Inuit Art Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 65% from government, 17% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $203K.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $11K in 2024, the largest being $11K to Indspire. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $2.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
As the only national organization dedicated to supporting Inuit artists working in all media and geographic areas the Inuit Art Foundation has sought to empower and support Inuit artists’ self-expression and self determination while increasing the public's access to and awareness of artists’ work for more than 31 years. For over three decades the IAF's flagship program has been the award-winning Inuit Art Quarterly (IAQ). Focused on the arts and artists of Inuit Nunangat the IAQ is the only publication dedicated to the advancement and appreciation of Inuit and circumpolar Indigenous art…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $3.1M | $2.4M | $56K | $343K | $670K |
| 2023 | $3.2M | $3.1M | $2.2M | $47K | — | $874K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.2M | $107K | — | $805K |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.6M | $890K | $105K | — | $938K |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.2M | $90K | — | $491K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11K to 1 qualified donee:
- Indspire$11K
Received $203K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Grussani (director); Heather Igloliorte (president); Ryan Rice (director); Michael Massie (director); Reneltta Arluk (vice president); Claudette Knight (director); Goretti Kakuqtinniq (director); Julie Grenier (secretary-treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Inuit Art Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121033724RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.