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.
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.