Nanaimo Art Gallery Society
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 119243616RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($946,390) as filed with the CRA.
Nanaimo Art Gallery Society is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $850K in revenue and $946K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $54K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Exhibitions artists in the school program community art programs permanent collection the gallery store.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $850K | $946K | $832K | $4,876 | — | $654K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $991K | $884K | — | — | $728K |
| 2022 | $1M | $858K | $757K | $2,563 | — | $602K |
| 2021 | $924K | $644K | — | — | — | $409K |
| 2020 | $723K | $718K | $718K | — | — | $261K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $54K 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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$548K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nanaimo Art Gallery Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119243616RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.