The Art Gallery of Hamilton
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 106723588RR0002 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,804,823) as filed with the CRA.
The Art Gallery of Hamilton is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $8.6M in revenue and $8.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 38% from government, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.9M in 2020 to $8.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
The art gallery of hamilton (the 'organization') was founded in 1914 and holds its collection of works of art in trust for the people of hamilton and canada with a mandate to collect preserve exhibit and interpret works of art for the community. As a public resource it conserves and communicates canada's artistic cultural and social heritage and explores contemporary and historical art within local national and international contexts. The organization houses eighteen exhibition spaces including several multi-use spaces for educational programming and event purposes. The organization u…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.6M | $8.8M | $5.7M | $89K | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $7.4M | $8M | $5.1M | $163K | $232 | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $7.1M | $7.6M | $4.8M | $134K | — | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $6.1M | $6.2M | $4.3M | $72K | — | $3.6M |
| 2020 | $4.9M | $5.5M | $3.3M | $225K | $5,200 | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $0 to 27 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Compass Point Bible Church—
- ST. Joseph's Villa Foundation Dundas—
- McMaster University—
- Campfire Circle Autour du Feu—
- United Way Golden Horseshoe—
- ST. Joseph's Healthcare Foundation Hamilton—
- Helping Hands Street Mission—
- Hospital Family Houses of Ontario—
- ST. Joseph's Healthcare Foundation Hamilton—
- 'argus'- Residence for Young People—
- Compass Community Health—
- Theatre Aquarius Incorporated—
- Hamilton Festival Theatre Company—
- Schools of Dreams Inc.—
- Wellwood Resource Centre of Hamilton—
- The Kidney Foundation of Canada—
- Thrive Group Support Services—
- The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra (2000) Inc.—
- Scleroderma Canada—
- Hamilton Children's Choir—
- Brant Waterways Foundation—
- Hamilton Literary Festival Association—
- Westdale Cinema Group—
- Bach-Elgar Choral Society—
- Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada—
Received $1.1M from 17 charities:
- Incite Foundation for the Arts$530K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$199K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$126K
- RBC Foundation$60K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$60K
- The H G Bertram Foundation$35K
- Partners in Art$25K
- Aqueduct Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$14K
- Canada Gives$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- The Arthur and Margaret Weisz Family Foundation$5,000
- Redpoll Foundation$4,242
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,164
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,025
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$889
- The Winnipeg Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$3.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sara Angelucci (director); John-Paul Danko (director); Dilk Dhanapala (director); Shelley Falconer (president/ex officio); Roger Ferreira (artist instructor); Max Francis (director); Scott Galbraith (director); Gary Graham (chair); Cameron Kroetsch (director); Eleanor McMahon (director); Susan Murray (director); Steve Nixon (director); Joe Pietrantonio (director); Matthijs Van Gaalen (director); Hanno Weinberger (director); Thomas Wilson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Art Gallery of Hamilton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106723588RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.