National Arts Centre Corporation/societe du Centre National des Arts
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119051407RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($110,706,952) as filed with the CRA.
National Arts Centre Corporation/societe du Centre National des Arts is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $129.6M in revenue and $110.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6.7M.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 331 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The objects of the corporation are to operate and maintain the centre to develop the performing arts in the national capital region and to assist the canada council of the arts in the development of the performing arts elsewhere in candada in furtherance of its objectives. The corporation may arrange for and sponsor performing arts activities at the centre; encourage and assist in the development of performing arts companies resident at the centre; arrange for and or sponsor radio and television broadcasts and the screen of films in the centre; provide accommodation at the centre; on such te…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $129.6M | $110.7M | $98M | — | — | $37.1M |
| 2023 | $111.7M | $105.8M | $94.7M | — | — | $18.3M |
| 2022 | $100.3M | $91.7M | — | $82.3M | — | $13.7M |
| 2021 | $81.7M | $77.4M | $68.9M | — | — | $5M |
| 2020 | $90M | $83.5M | $77M | — | — | $772K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6.7M from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions331
- Total compensation, all staff$64.1M
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 National Arts Centre Corporation/societe du Centre National des Arts’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119051407RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.