The Clouds & Water Gallery and Visual Production Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 108090002RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($339,849) as filed with the CRA.
The Clouds & Water Gallery and Visual Production Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $329K in revenue and $340K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,443.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Clouds & water gallery and visual production society (o/a the new gallery) provides opportunities and venues for artists that foster social and political creative practices. Our programming comprises a broad range of art and educational activities including exhibitions publications residencies artist talks workshops and community collaborations that serve to invigorate our audience's experience of contemporary art and culture. In the current year we added digital exhibitions and digital public programs. We plan to continue some digital programming for the next years.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $329K | $340K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $309K | $324K | $194K | $791 | — | $167K |
| 2022 | $318K | $280K | $220K | $5,336 | — | $182K |
| 2021 | $291K | $281K | $224K | $5,092 | — | $144K |
| 2020 | $275K | $273K | $214K | $8,301 | — | $134K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,443 from 2 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$3,758
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,685
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$160K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jenna Van Buekenhout (treasurer); Sarah Van Sloten (president); Gina McKinnon (secretary); Lyndsay Wasko (director); Victoria McInnis (vice president); Sarosh Shivji (director); Andy Rubiio (director); Isha Varma (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Clouds & Water Gallery and Visual Production Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108090002RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.