La Vie des Arts
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 119009827RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($453,633) as filed with the CRA.
La Vie des Arts is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 January 31, 2024, it reported $457K in revenue and $454K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,823.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
La vie des arts publie 4 fois par année un magazine culturel qui vise à sensibiliser informer et éduquer le grand public à l'art québécois canadien et international. La vie des arts organise des activités d'animation pour le grand public visant à mieux faire connaître l'actualité artistique et ainsi accroître son accessibilité à une plus large part de la population.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $457K | $454K | $131K | — | — | $109K |
| 2023 | $496K | $466K | $134K | $20K | — | $99K |
| 2022 | $426K | $458K | $130K | — | — | $69K |
| 2021 | $448K | $445K | $102K | $104K | — | $431K |
| 2020 | $447K | $515K | $134K | $157K | — | $375K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,823 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$172K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ingrid Enriquez-Donissaint (vice-présidente); Anne-Isabelle Pronkin (administratrice); Anne Janody (administratrice); Mathieu Baril (administrateur); Jerry Joseph (administrateur); Stanley Desgrottes (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Vie des Arts’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119009827RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.