Manitoba Arts Council
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 871219440RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,830,547) as filed with the CRA.
Manitoba Arts Council is a public foundation based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. 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 $12.8M in revenue and $12.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 158 qualified donees totalling $8.1M in 2024, the largest being $900K to The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provide programs of support to mb arts and cultural organizations and artists. This includes professional development grants creation and presentation arts education and capacity building. Provide grant support to indigenous artists and knowledge keepers for creation presentation and development. Provide grants designed to address specific needs identified by artists who face barriers to equal opportunities in artistic development and presentation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.8M | $12.8M | — | — | $11M | $0 |
| 2023 | $12.9M | $12.9M | $11.1M | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $24.1M | $24.1M | $22.3M | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $12.5M | $12.4M | $10.8M | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $9.9M | $9.9M | $8.3M | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $8.1M to 158 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Inc.$900K
- Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Inc.$900K
- The Royal Winnipeg Ballet$820K
- Manitoba Opera Association Inc.$370K
- Prairie Theatre Exchange Inc.$355K
- Manitoba Theatre for Young People Inc.$280K
- The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba Inc$185K
- Le Cercle Moliere Inc.$175K
- Plug-In Inc.$166K
- The Royal Winnipeg Ballet$130K
- Winnipeg International Children's Festival Inc.$120K
- Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Inc.$112K
- Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers$110K
- Winnipeg Folk Festival$105K
- Manitoba Arts Network Inc.$100K
- Video Pool Inc$96K
- Winnipeg Film Group Inc.$95K
- Urban Shaman Inc.$90K
- Mentoring Artists for Women's Art Inc$90K
- Graffiti Art Programming Inc.$90K
- Arts Manitoba Publications Inc (Border Crossings)$90K
- Manitoba Printmakers Association Inc.$85K
- Ace Art Inc.$80K
- Manitoba Children's Museum Inc.$74K
- Prairie Fire Press Inc.$74K
Received $15K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roberta Christianson (chair); Ben Akoh (vice chair); Naomi Forman (member); Jean-Paul Hoe (member); Sara Stasuik (member); Vivian Thomson (member); Teresa Lee (member); Jeffrey King (member); Lana Adeleye-Olusae (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Manitoba Arts Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871219440RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.