Mississauga Arts Council
Publicly funded institution · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 131275711RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,079,328) as filed with the CRA.
Mississauga Arts Council is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $988K in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $19K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $486K in 2020 to $988K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Our arts focused programming: - builds ongoing interest participation and support for income earnings opportunities for artists; - initiates career development programs aimed at growing arts business skills; - assists in transitioning artist online and enabling the growth of their digital capacity; and - delivers more publicity for local artists through our communications channels to audiences.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $988K | $1.1M | $420K | $109K | — | $179K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.1M | $601K | $9,645 | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $925K | $865K | $437K | $29K | $0 | $276K |
| 2021 | $689K | $676K | $302K | $4,823 | — | $207K |
| 2020 | $486K | $454K | $274K | $50K | — | $195K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $19K from 5 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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$488K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ron Duquette (president); Charles Chu (treasurer); Sarah Rustomji (secretary); Helen Almeida (director); Jason Chellew (vice president); Filip Plaskota (director); Mike Douglas (executive director); Deta Constantine (director); Wendy Furtenbacher (director); Christine Griffin (director); Sumeeta Kohli (director); Jung Ah Kwon (director); Tracy Xavier (director); Jennifer Rabanillo (advisor); Brian Dec (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mississauga Arts Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131275711RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.