Sled Island Arts Fellowship
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 821282605RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,268,325) as filed with the CRA.
Sled Island Arts Fellowship is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $76K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $507K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
During this fiscal year we presented our annual Sled Island Music & Arts Festival from June 19-23 2024 which showcased over 200 artists.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $8,040 | — | $382K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $84K | $0 | $411K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $36K | — | $378K |
| 2021 | $504K | $399K | $320K | $26K | — | $392K |
| 2020 | $507K | $296K | $199K | $21K | — | $296K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $76K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$367K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Arif Ansari (director); Kyle Russell (president); Sean Carrie (director); Urvil Thakor (director); Gill Co (vice-president); Ryan Tram (director); Sabrina Grover (director); Patrick Clark (director); Josee Palacio (director); Katherine Chelsea Wither (secretary); Steven William Gallant (director); Aliya Ussayeva (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sled Island Arts Fellowship’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821282605RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.