The Arts Access Fund
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 836860726RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($271,947) as filed with the CRA.
The Arts Access Fund is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $266K in revenue and $272K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from donations, 32% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $109K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The arts access fund awards scholarships to children from low income families to study visual and performing arts. Funding artists providing programs to supplement the tdsb curriculum in elementary schools in underprivileged areas of toronto.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $266K | $272K | $214K | $22K | — | $154K |
| 2023 | $247K | $244K | $187K | $23K | — | $160K |
| 2022 | $196K | $206K | $156K | $17K | — | $157K |
| 2021 | $176K | $193K | $160K | $12K | — | $167K |
| 2020 | $274K | $205K | $171K | $15K | — | $185K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $109K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$59K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nichole Anderson (director); Anne Arrell (chair); Eva Czigler (director); Michina Pope (director); Lola Rasminsky (director); Leslie Slater (treasurer and secretary); Faith Stanley (director); Natalie Townsend (director); Jeremy Weisstub (director); Sona Shah (director); Cristin Lazier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Arts Access Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 836860726RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.