Oceanside Community Arts Council
Charitable organization · Parksville, British Columbia · BN 892926783RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($860,767) as filed with the CRA.
Oceanside Community Arts Council is a charitable organization based in Parksville, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $888K in revenue and $861K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $28K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $116K in 2020 to $888K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The oceanside community arts council is dedicated to positioning the creative arts as central to quality of life in oceanside on vancouver island (which includes the municipalities of parksville qualicum beach and the regional district of nanaimo electoral areas e f g and h - also identified as school district 69). Raising the level of awareness of art and culture in oceanside through collaborations information education and public exposure the ocac's vision is to elevate and celebrate oceanside's culture and history. The ocac operates at the mcmillian arts centre (mac) in park…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $888K | $861K | $770K | — | — | $121K |
| 2023 | $334K | $331K | $242K | — | — | $93K |
| 2022 | $271K | $275K | $223K | — | — | $90K |
| 2021 | $237K | $217K | $156K | — | — | $94K |
| 2020 | $116K | — | $95K | — | $115K | $74K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $28K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Keith Anderson (director); Stuart Clark (president); Peter Humphries (vice president); Thomas Roy (past president); Colleen Stewart (director); John Wearing (treasurer); Ron Manke (director); Cheryl DeWolf (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oceanside Community Arts Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892926783RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.