Saint John Arts Centre Inc./centre des Arts de Saint John Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 100096585RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($547,127) as filed with the CRA.
Saint John Arts Centre Inc./centre des Arts de Saint John Inc. is a charitable organization based in Saint John, New Brunswick, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $607K in revenue and $547K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 62% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $33K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The organization organizes and displays exhibitions for professional and amateur local and regional performing artists and musicians provides workshops for both children and adult in visual literary performing and fibre arts and presents regular lecture series for education and information of the public.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $607K | $547K | $547K | — | — | $181K |
| 2023 | $505K | $480K | $480K | — | — | $102K |
| 2022 | $457K | $441K | $441K | — | — | $78K |
| 2021 | $418K | $446K | $446K | — | — | $61K |
| 2020 | $406K | $337K | $337K | — | — | $90K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $33K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$232K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kelsey Ingersoll (secretary); Nicholas Deslangchamps (treasurer); Harold Dollan (director); Anne Kathryn Gillis (vice chair); Kathy Grant (director); Leona Laracey (director); David Baxter (director); Kate Wallace (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saint John Arts Centre Inc./centre des Arts de Saint John Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 100096585RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.