Listen to Dis' Community and Art Organization Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Regina, Saskatchewan · BN 828699793RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($362,404) as filed with the CRA.
Listen to Dis' Community and Art Organization Inc. is a charitable organization based in Regina, Saskatchewan, 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 October 31, 2024, it reported $408K in revenue and $362K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $40.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band).
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $223K in 2020 to $408K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Listen to dis' voice; the other ordinary; visiting artist series; disability audits; youth programing; music program - the dripping honeys (in our skin); outreach programming: what's your style
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $408K | $362K | $347K | — | — | $90K |
| 2023 | $335K | $327K | $316K | $0 | $0 | $39K |
| 2022 | $299K | $275K | $267K | — | — | $25K |
| 2021 | $318K | $314K | $310K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $223K | $223K | $144K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $40 from 1 charity:
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
- Total compensation, all staff$197K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Traci Foster (director/chief executive); Barry Lasko (treasurer); Carla Harris (secretary); Max Ferguson (member); Natasha Urkow (past president); Chelsea Jones (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Listen to Dis' Community and Art Organization Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 828699793RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.