OYA Black Arts Coalition
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 722813730RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,725,982) as filed with the CRA.
OYA Black Arts Coalition is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $768.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Support black filmmakers technicans and entrepreneus within the film and entertainment sector through provision of training educational and employment opportuities for emerging and establised film television and screen-based media artists and provision of opportunities for networking and collaboration.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $2.7M | $2.5M | — | — | $193K |
| 2023 | $535K | $570K | $506K | — | — | $58K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $768 from 1 charity:
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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$714K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alison Duke (secretary); Ngardy Conteh George (acting chair); Jewel Amoah (board member); Kristen Lambie (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from OYA Black Arts Coalition’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 722813730RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.