Koffler Centre of the Arts
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 842837817RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,565,483) as filed with the CRA.
Koffler Centre of the Arts is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 20% from government, 62% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Provides wide range of artisitc programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $1.6M | $831K | $14K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.1M | $9,777 | — | $594K |
| 2022 | $771K | $660K | $158K | -$5,063 | — | $480K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.7M | $300K | $164 | — | $369K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.2M | $311K | $21K | — | $719K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.3M from 15 charities:
- The Koffler Foundation$975K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$83K
- Canadahelps Canadon$52K
- Canadahelps Canadon$52K
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$50K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$29K
- The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation$25K
- Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation$10K
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$10K
- McLean Smits Family Foundation$10K
- The Joseph Frieberg Family Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Ouellette Family Foundation$5,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$2,500
- The Clematis Foundation$1,000
- Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$454K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anahita Azrahimi (director); Brett Ledger (director); Carl Goldenberg (treasurer); Elaine Kierans (director); Helen Burstyn (chair); Leslie Giller (director); Orit Sarfaty (director); Robert Steiner (director); Tiana Koffler Boyman (director); Brandon Koffler (director); Caroline Pinto (director); Emily Shapiro (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Koffler Centre of the Arts’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 842837817RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.