The Community Arts Council of Vancouver
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 106961147RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($406,762) as filed with the CRA.
The Community Arts Council of Vancouver is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $303K in revenue and $407K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 60% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $184K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 94% of that peer group. 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.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $180K in 2020 to $303K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
There are 3 main program: Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival Reframing Relations and Community Arts Fund. And various workshops general events and projects. - Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival (VOAF) is a festival that offers exhibition and performance opportunities to artists facing exclusion. VOAF also offers workshops and a touring exhibition across Metro Vancouver - Reframing Relations brings pairs of Indigenous and non-Indigenous artist-facilitators into schools and community settings to advance towards reconciliation. - Community Arts Fund provides grants to support collaborations bet…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $303K | $407K | $342K | $208 | $0 | $12K |
| 2023 | $440K | $423K | $393K | — | — | $116K |
| 2022 | $194K | $222K | $199K | — | — | $99K |
| 2021 | $184K | $203K | $160K | — | — | $119K |
| 2020 | $180K | $188K | $80K | $142 | — | $20K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $184K from 4 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$176K
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,247
- Deux Mille Foundation$2,500
- Y.P. Heung Foundation$2,000
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$176K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pierre Leichner (board of director); Francesca Kohn (board of director); Jeff Buhr (board of director); Tiffany Sosnowski (board of director); Kristin Cheung (executive director); Illnca Manisali (treasruer); Setareh Yasan (director); Vida Mehin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Community Arts Council of Vancouver’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106961147RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.