Northern Arts and Cultural Centre
Publicly funded institution · Yellowknife, Northwest Territories · BN 119059814RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,092,509) as filed with the CRA.
Northern Arts and Cultural Centre is a charitable organization based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The centre's mandate is to encourage the development of performing arts from all cultural traditions and to provide a venue in the northwest territories for community and professionally produced performances.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $772K | $13K | — | $164K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $921K | $4,795 | — | $205K |
| 2022 | $790K | $731K | $450K | $283 | — | $155K |
| 2021 | $847K | $957K | $731K | $12K | — | $108K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $992K | $17K | — | $54K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $40K from 5 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
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$361K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leanne Goose (president); Maureen Crotty-Williams (vice president); Shandi Hunter (director); Shannon Caidler (director); Lynn Canney (secretary); Carmen Braden (director); Fla Grogono (director); Nancy Zimmerman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northern Arts and Cultural Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119059814RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.