The Canadian Heritage Arts Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 131341356RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,615,186) as filed with the CRA.
The Canadian Heritage Arts Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 26% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $78K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,500 in 2024, the largest being $2,500 to Victoria Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
1) operates the canadian college of performing arts: to provide instruction and training in the performing arts. I.e. To provide comprehensive career training in the performing arts (acting dancing voice career management) to young adults. 2) participates in community outreach activities I.e to collaborate on projects with other arts organizations; to participate in career education fairs and workshops.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $28K | $2,500 | $227K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $9,659 | $12K | $366K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $6,330 | $6,249 | $341K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $4,611 | $28K | $551K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $14K | — | $316K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,500 to 1 qualified donee:
- Victoria Foundation$2,500
Received $78K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$891K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Greeniaus (past chair); Derrold Norgaard (treasurer); Jean Ives (director); Randall Mang (director); Roxanne Helme (chair); Austin Eckert (director); Kismet Bhandar (director); Maia Crockett (secretary); Tom Croft (director); Ingrid Fawcett (director); Al Fowler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canadian Heritage Arts Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131341356RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.