Mural Routes Incorporated
Publicly funded institution · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 893873265RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($467,128) as filed with the CRA.
Mural Routes Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $481K in revenue and $467K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $55K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $217K in 2020 to $481K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Mural routes activates communities by facilitating the creation of responsive collaborative murals and provides opportunities to build and advance careers in mural art. Our vision is to be a leading resource for all artists organizations and communities creating mural art. Its aims are: - to provide accessbiel education training and consultation services for all aspects of mural making - to advocate for the creatioin maintenance and care of public mural art - to communicate and engage in dialogue around current and emerging trends issues and opportunities in mural art - to support…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $481K | $467K | $357K | — | — | $148K |
| 2023 | $620K | $599K | $337K | $8,315 | — | $135K |
| 2022 | $362K | $378K | $319K | — | — | $114K |
| 2021 | $232K | $180K | $130K | $0 | — | $130K |
| 2020 | $217K | $256K | $209K | $1,001 | — | $78K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $55K from 2 charities:
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
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$131K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael LI (treasurer/vice president); Vandana Taxali (director); Rebecca Stubbs (president); Kira Allen (secretary); Omar Hopkinson (director); Tracey Prehay (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mural Routes Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893873265RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.