National Gallery of Canada Foundation/fondation du Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada
Public foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 878580240RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,834,973) as filed with the CRA.
National Gallery of Canada Foundation/fondation du Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada is a public foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 162% from donations. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.8M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.3M in 2024, the largest being $1.3M to National Gallery of Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $4.1M in 2020 to $2.7M in 2024.
In its own words
Assisting the national gallery of canada in the areas of education curatorial research acquisitions and public programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.8M | $66K | $510K | $1.3M | $30.1M |
| 2023 | $4.1M | $3.8M | $58K | $744K | $2.1M | $25.9M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $3M | $52K | $288K | $2M | $25.3M |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2.9M | $101K | $418K | $1.4M | $23.9M |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $4.7M | $203K | $1.1M | $2.7M | $20M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, March 31, 2024
- Other gifts$3,155,734
- Investment income$1,593,036
- Receipted donations$1,267,103
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.3M to 1 qualified donee:
- National Gallery of Canada$1.3M
Received $4.8M from 32 charities:
- The Rennie Foundation$2.7M
- The Clematis Foundation$430K
- The Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation$300K
- Koerner Foundation$250K
- Poile Family Foundation$200K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$152K
- Trust Under the Will of Elizabeth M. Simonfay$129K
- The Michelle Koerner Family Foundation$103K
- The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation$100K
- Toronto Foundation$50K
- Freybe Foundation$50K
- The DH Gales Family Charitable Foundation of Toronto$33K
- Stonecroft Foundation for the Arts/Fondation Stonecroft pour les Arts$33K
- Aqueduct Foundation$33K
- Michael and Inna O'Brian Family Foundation$25K
- Mauer-Sheiner Foundation$25K
- Fondation Desjardins$15K
- The Shen Family Charitable Foundation$15K
- The Azrieli Foundation$15K
- Partners in Art$15K
- The Anthony and Gladys Tyler Charitable Foundation$12K
- The Mitsui Canada Foundation/la Fondation Mitsui Canada$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$7,500
- The DH Gales Family Charitable Foundation of Toronto$3,300
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$622K
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 Gallery of Canada Foundation/fondation du Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 878580240RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.