National Accessarts Centre
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 887407195RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,498,536) as filed with the CRA.
National Accessarts Centre is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $2.1M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations, 59% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $91K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 21 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $11K in 2024, the largest being $11K to The Calgary Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The naac offers a meaningful opportunity for artists living with disabilities to express themselves and gain self-awareness through art. To have a better understanding of the world around them and to support them in new ideas and experiences. With our multidisciplinary mandate many of our artists train and present works across the visual and performing arts disciplines. Our mission is to provide artistic training creation exhibition and presenting opportunities for artists with disabilities and share the power of their creativity through local and global partnerships and advocacy that open…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2.5M | $1.5M | $61K | $11K | $133K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $2.1M | $1.1M | $103K | — | $516K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.4M | $78K | — | -$70K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $982K | $19K | — | -$4,216 |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $943K | $15K | — | $443K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $91K from 10 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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions21
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Judith Galbraith (secretary); Lisa Cooke (vice chair); Ken Regan (secretary-treasurer); Donna Thomson (director); Emma Graney (director); Jack Williams (director); Gideon Arthurs (director); Ron Hoffmann (chair); Colin Jackson (executive member-at-large); Raewyn Reid (interim president & ceo).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from National Accessarts Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887407195RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.