Partners in Art
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 849530746RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($698,477) as filed with the CRA.
Partners in Art is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $764K in revenue and $698K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $248K in 2024, the largest being $40K to Toronto Metropolitan University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $274K in 2020 to $764K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
To partner with and cultivate alliances among artist dearlers curators educators business government and the public together to develop vital and exciting contemporary art projects that raise awareness of canadian art and artists nationally and internationally. Educate: promote the arts and foster a lively arts community by furthering the general public’s and our members’ understanding and knowledge of visual arts.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $764K | $698K | $184K | $79K | $248K | $739K |
| 2023 | $466K | $406K | $149K | — | $94K | $672K |
| 2022 | $720K | $682K | $130K | $119K | $320K | $598K |
| 2021 | $570K | $272K | $86K | $33K | $58K | $560K |
| 2020 | $274K | $283K | $12K | — | $182K | $327K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $248K to 12 qualified donees:
- Toronto Metropolitan University$40K
- Museum of Comptemporary Art Toronto Canada$40K
- York University$25K
- The Art Gallery of Hamilton$25K
- University of Waterloo$20K
- Public Access$20K
- Toronto Festival of Arts Culture and Creativity$15K
- The Aga Khan Museum$15K
- The Bentway Conservancy$15K
- National Gallery of Canada Foundation/fondation du Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada$15K
- Art-Official Inc.$10K
- Tangled Art + Disability$7,500
Received $35K from 10 charities:
- The Janice Lewis and Mitchell Cohen Foundation$5,000
- The Michael Young Family Foundation$5,000
- Alan and Patricia Koval Foundation$5,000
- The Midas Touch Foundation$4,000
- Andrew and Leslie Hoffman Family Foundation$3,516
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,750
- The Willie and Mildred Fleischer Charitable Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,380
- The Max Clarkson Family Foundation$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$127K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leslie Giller (secretary); Jill Reitman (director); Marie Claire Roche (director); Joanie Sternthal (director); Judy Jarvis (chair); Cindy Cohen (director); Helen Poletes (co-treasurer); Elizabeth Lawler (co-president); Lorraine Loeb (director); Nancy Tran (co-treasurer); Lauren Silverberg (co-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Partners in Art’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 849530746RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.