The Edmonton Arts Council Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 897038162RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($25,014,114) as filed with the CRA.
The Edmonton Arts Council Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $27.1M in revenue and $25M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $477K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 32 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $15.9M in 2020 to $27.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
The charity supported with grants arts organizations and individual artists undertaking projects with community grants. All programs and activities were open to all persons and organizations that met basic elgibility criteria. The charity maintained a website for the general public with content about arts and cultural activities and opportunities in the edmonton region.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27.1M | $25M | $22.9M | — | — | $7.2M |
| 2023 | $20.7M | $20.9M | $18.7M | — | — | $5.2M |
| 2022 | $23.1M | $22.1M | $20.2M | — | — | $6.1M |
| 2021 | $19.7M | $18.5M | $16.8M | — | — | $5.3M |
| 2020 | $15.9M | $16.3M | $14.7M | — | — | $4.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $477K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions32
- Total compensation, all staff$3.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Brown-Fournell (director); Clinton Carew (director); Mary Ann Dobson (secretary); Jean-Pierre Fournier (director); Allan Gilliland (vice chair); Ainsley Hillyard (director); Nicole Poirer (city of edmonton rep. (ex-o); Karen Principe (city councillor city of edmo); Melissa Radu (explore edmonton rep. (ex-); Don Ross (chair); Ashley Salvador (city councillor city of edmo); Avi Sheshachalam (director); Cynthia Stiksma (treasurer); Suzanne Thomas (director); Heather Thomson (director); Connor Yuzwenko-Martin (director); Renée Williams (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Edmonton Arts Council Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897038162RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.