SAVAC - South Asian Visual Arts Centre
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 806080222RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($257,318) as filed with the CRA.
SAVAC - South Asian Visual Arts Centre is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $249K in revenue and $257K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $190.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
South asian visual arts centre (savac) engages in the development promition and presentation of contemporary arts by south asian artists.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $249K | $257K | $222K | — | — | $111K |
| 2023 | $295K | $246K | $200K | — | — | $119K |
| 2022 | $311K | $340K | $202K | — | — | $71K |
| 2021 | $337K | $321K | $189K | — | — | $100K |
| 2020 | $233K | $234K | $132K | — | — | $67K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $190 from 1 charity:
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
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$185K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from SAVAC - South Asian Visual Arts Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 806080222RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.