Musagetes Foundation
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 858117005RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,426,440) as filed with the CRA.
Musagetes Foundation is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $188K in 2024, the largest being $100K to The Stonefields Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Musagetes advances the arts in canada and internationally by supporting the visual literary performing and media arts supporting research on the arts and supporting arts education at all levels of education and in the communities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2M | — | $188K | $903K |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $1.7M | — | — | $191K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.4M | — | — | $178K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | $48K | $100K |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.9M | $1.6M | — | $35K | $174K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $188K to 8 qualified donees:
- The Stonefields Foundation$100K
- Mitacs Inc$56K
- University of Guelph$25K
- CAFKA - Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area$5,000
- Guelph Film Festival Inc.$1,500
- Vocamus Writers Community$250
- Native Women In The Arts (Canada)$134
- Guelph Black Heritage Society$70
Received $2M from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$656K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joy Roberts (chair); Ella Mary Agnew (director); Shawn Van Sluys (president); Valerie Hall (director); Rohinton Medhora (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Musagetes Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 858117005RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.