The Canadian Museum of Carpets and Textiles
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107756207RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,784,548) as filed with the CRA.
The Canadian Museum of Carpets and Textiles is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 32% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $137K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $50K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The textile museum of canada aims to inspire understanding of the human experience through textiles. We are the only museum in canada delivering programs and exhibitions dedicated solely to textile arts. The museum ignites creativity inspires wonder and sparks conversation through the stories held within our global collection of textiles and active engagement with contemporary art practices.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.8M | $1.1M | $60K | $50K | $280K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.1M | $114K | — | $576K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1M | $70K | — | $707K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $905K | $29K | — | $630K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.6M | $1.2M | $105K | — | $467K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $50K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $137K from 9 charities:
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$115K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$14K
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,149
- Toronto Foundation$2,000
- Nancy's Very Own Foundation$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- The Cole foundation/La Fondation Cole$1,000
- The Philip Smith Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$406
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$984K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Windrum (chair); Judith Harris (past chair); Tristan Smyth (director); Sherry Farrell-Racette (director); Paul Spagnolo (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canadian Museum of Carpets and Textiles’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107756207RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.