Kingston Regional Arts Council
Publicly funded institution · Kingston, Ontario · BN 121767792RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($178,887) as filed with the CRA.
Kingston Regional Arts Council is a charitable organization based in Kingston, 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 $168K in revenue and $179K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Kingston arts council provides leadership to a broad community in the kingston region to encourage excellence in the arts through advocacy promotion and arts experiences. Kingston arts council seeks to engage and inspire the community in support development and appreciation of the arts. Kingston arts council administers the city of kingston arts fund.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $168K | $179K | $161K | — | — | $57K |
| 2023 | $173K | $166K | $145K | — | — | $68K |
| 2022 | $202K | $206K | $169K | — | — | $61K |
| 2021 | $215K | $173K | $162K | — | — | $65K |
| 2020 | $170K | $170K | $155K | — | — | $22K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$119K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Amanda Baker (treasurer); Barbara Bell (director); Selina Chiarelli (director); Barb Danielewksi (chair); Cheryl Ferguson (director); Mariah Horner (secretary); Sarah Kastner (director); James Torrie (director); Dave Wreggit (director).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kingston Regional Arts Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121767792RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.