The Alberta Society of Artists
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 893807677RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($298,421) as filed with the CRA.
The Alberta Society of Artists is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $336K in revenue and $298K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $27K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The alberta society of artists (asa) is an association of professional artists whose objective is to foster and promote the development of the visual arts in the province of alberta. The society sees implicit in its objectives an active involvement in governmental social economic and educational issues as they affect the arts in the province. Every year the society provides scholarships to post-secondary and graduate visual arts students who attend colleges or universities in alberta. Our exhibitions and speaker and artist talk events reach the public throughout alberta in venues that are …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $336K | $298K | $209K | $4,139 | — | $81K |
| 2023 | $301K | $327K | $181K | — | — | $44K |
| 2022 | $313K | $343K | $194K | — | — | $69K |
| 2021 | $248K | $266K | $216K | — | — | $99K |
| 2020 | $270K | $269K | $197K | — | — | $117K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $27K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$100K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wanda Rottenfusser (president); Beverly Mazurick (vice president); Lori Sokoluk (secretary (interim)); Mary Whale (chair); Sharon Thompson (councillor-at-large); Hovestad Debra (councillor-at-large); Gregory Pyra (councillor-at-large); Sharon Lensen (councillor-at-large (interim)).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Alberta Society of Artists’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893807677RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.