Maclaren Art Centre
Charitable organization · Barrie, Ontario · BN 133065144RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,075,792) as filed with the CRA.
Maclaren Art Centre is a charitable organization based in Barrie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 32% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $32K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity 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 higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The maclaren art centre is a major public art gallery in central ontatio serving the residents of barrie the county of simcoe and the surrounding area. The maclaren's mission is to engage and enrich the immediate and larger community by providing innovative and relevant visual arts programming. The gallery has a permanent collection of over 27 400 works of art held in trust for the public and presents a year-round programme of exhibitions special events gallery tours talks and workshops. Education provides the unifying link that highlights our collections and exhibitions and fosters an…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $2.1M | $986K | $643K | — | $428K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $2.1M | $998K | $602K | — | $771K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $513K | $459K | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $441K | $420K | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.4M | $455K | $387K | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $32K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$893K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Angela Aujla (director); Amy Bagshaw (director); Kathy Chen (treasurer); Matt Follwell (board chair); Angela Francis (director); James Ross Harris (director); Michael Kuluva (director); Craig Nixon (director); Gary Pearson (director); Joshua Valler (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Maclaren Art Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133065144RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.