K O Arts Centre Society of Calgary
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 833914955RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($241,524) as filed with the CRA.
K O Arts Centre Society of Calgary is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $172K in revenue and $242K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 9% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $60K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $315K in 2020 to $172K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Art tours art programs school and community programs going going efforts to raise funds through donations and grants
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $172K | $242K | $193K | $37K | — | $2.9M |
| 2023 | $318K | $248K | $185K | $18K | — | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $269K | $223K | $160K | $16K | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $174K | $217K | $117K | $46K | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $315K | $356K | $84K | $229K | — | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $60K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$13K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Katie Ohe (director co-founder); Farooq Akhtar (treasurer); Jesse Bonner (chair/fundraising chair); Melanie Pituch (vice chair/governance chair); Alice Lam (volunteer committee); Hanae Kiyooka; Joe Kiss.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from K O Arts Centre Society of Calgary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833914955RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.