The Create Institute
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 886568252RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($336,116) as filed with the CRA.
The Create Institute is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $430K in revenue and $336K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $226K in 2020 to $430K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The create institute offers training programs in expressive arts therapy
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $430K | $336K | $266K | — | — | $97K |
| 2023 | $294K | $301K | $232K | $219 | — | $3,207 |
| 2022 | $238K | $269K | $188K | $547 | — | $10K |
| 2021 | $263K | $249K | $187K | $549 | — | $41K |
| 2020 | $226K | $251K | $191K | $975 | — | $27K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Catherine Mellinger (chair); Ozge Ozgur (director); Marjorie Richards (director); Shambhvi Sharma (director); Beth-Ann Little (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Create Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886568252RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.