Some Assembly Arts Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 805656022RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($173,129) as filed with the CRA.
Some Assembly Arts Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 $173K in revenue and $173K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 56% from government, 11% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $36K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The Roundhouse Youth Theatre Action Group program brings together Metro Vancouver youth from a diversity of Canada’s cultural groups backgrounds and challenges with professional theatre artists in the collaborative creation and public performance of a new play every year that addresses a specific challenge identified by the youth participants. This program advances education in the arts builds community and engages youth with the community at large using theatre as the tool to inspire awareness and discussion of youth concerns issues and ideas. The professional artists mentor and guide the …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $173K | $173K | $154K | $5,125 | — | $2,486 |
| 2023 | $171K | $171K | $152K | $5,125 | — | $2,460 |
| 2022 | $165K | $166K | $150K | — | — | $2,227 |
| 2021 | $180K | $181K | $165K | $5,125 | — | $2,843 |
| 2020 | $168K | $164K | $148K | $5,125 | — | $4,091 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $36K from 12 charities:
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$14K
- Johansen-Larsen Foundation$7,500
- Deux Mille Foundation$3,000
- The Hamber Foundation$2,500
- Click - Contributing to Lives of Inner City Kids Society$2,500
- F. K. Morrow Foundation$2,000
- GMR Foundation$2,000
- Lohn Foundation$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$702
- Harivad Foundation$500
- The Zacks Family Charitable Foundation$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$162
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chandra Lesmeister (director); Mary Aiello (secretary/treasurer); Carolyn Wong (director); Sophie Yendole (president); Menina Colangelo (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Some Assembly Arts Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 805656022RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.