Organization for the Development of Artists (connexion)
Publicly funded institution · Fredericton, New Brunswick · BN 135401255RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($88,432) as filed with the CRA.
Organization for the Development of Artists (connexion) is a charitable organization based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, 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 February 28, 2022, it reported $93K in revenue and $88K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,110.
Compared with 88 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $50K in 2020 to $93K in 2022. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Exhibitions and programming for the professional development of artists including: talks workshops exhibitions conferences critiques and lectures.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $93K | $88K | $32K | $56 | — | $107K |
| 2021 | $53K | $53K | $18K | — | — | $60K |
| 2020 | $50K | $54K | $8,505 | — | — | $60K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $1,110 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$46K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Jennifer Lee Wiebe (director); Janice Wright Cheney (programming officer); Barnett Roberta (treasurer); Katrina Slade (secretary); Sarah Sarty (vice president); Natalie Legere (director); Carolyn Saunders (director); Gillian Dykeman (president); Kelly Hill (director).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Organization for the Development of Artists (connexion)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135401255RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.