The Art School of Peterborough
Publicly funded institution · Peterborough, Ontario · BN 889273173RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($514,765) as filed with the CRA.
The Art School of Peterborough is a charitable organization based in Peterborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $613K in revenue and $515K in expenditures.
In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 1,540 education 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 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $346K in 2020 to $613K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The art school of peterborough offers training in visual arts. Revenue funds scholarships and courses in watercolours mixed media sculpture pottery photography jewellery making and oil painting. Courses are offered to all ages from children 2 years of age to adult and seniors.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $613K | $515K | $398K | $7,030 | — | $393K |
| 2023 | $555K | $465K | $330K | $5,358 | — | $295K |
| 2022 | $392K | $422K | $301K | $833 | — | $205K |
| 2021 | $411K | $325K | $222K | $2,043 | — | $234K |
| 2020 | $346K | $320K | $224K | $3,453 | — | $148K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 2 charities:
- The Peterborough Foundation$8,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,625
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$338K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Megan Gamble (director); Jenni Hubbert (executive director); Kristina Jergis (director); Marcia Watt (director); Casandra Lee (director); Christine Freeman-Roth (director); Dawn Pond (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Art School of Peterborough’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889273173RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.