Shuswap District Arts Council
Publicly funded institution · Salmon Arm, British Columbia · BN 119149508RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($366,756) as filed with the CRA.
Shuswap District Arts Council is a charitable organization based in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $326K in revenue and $367K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $43K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $170K in 2020 to $326K in 2024.
In its own words
The Shuswap District Arts Council (SDAC) operates the Salmon Arm Arts Centre and Gallery which hosts year round public art exhibitions and includes artists workspace the community art collection and our admin offices. SDAC provides educational school tours and family art programs. SDAC runs an outdoor summer concert series an arts-based inclusivity festival. SDAC initiates public and community art installations and arts-based research.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $326K | $367K | $151K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $320K | $315K | $240K | $215 | — | $64K |
| 2022 | $266K | $246K | $193K | — | — | $59K |
| 2021 | $278K | $252K | $200K | — | — | $43K |
| 2020 | $170K | $166K | $133K | $177 | — | $17K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $43K from 2 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
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$196K
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 Shuswap District Arts Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119149508RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.