The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 108082900RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,687,256) as filed with the CRA.
The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $16.8M in revenue and $5.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations. In 2024, 29 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.4M.
Compared with 46 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 28 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.2M in 2020 to $16.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Ongoing Programs: Permanent Collection Programs -Sessional Clay Classes -School Programs -Wellness and Mindfulness classes -Family Days -Drop-in Clay Classes -March Break Camps -Summer Camps (16 unique offerings) Community Arts Space 2023: Mark Making Narrating Our Histories Plaza Programs -Pottery on the Plaza (27 iterations) -Clay Dates (9 iterations) -Sundance Harvest (9 iterations) -Drop-in Clay Classes (9 iterations) -Family Day Sundays (10 iterations) Special Programs -Housewarming: Micro Meets Macro Taking Action o…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16.8M | $5.7M | $3.2M | $421K | — | $33.8M |
| 2023 | $4.7M | $6M | $4.5M | $411K | — | $30.6M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $5.4M | $4.5M | $380K | — | $29.1M |
| 2021 | $7.4M | $4.6M | $3.7M | $202K | — | $33.4M |
| 2020 | $4.2M | $4.2M | $3.4M | $178K | — | $30.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3.4M from 29 charities:
- The Radlett Foundation$2.4M
- Lindy Green Family Foundation$300K
- Lindy Green Family Foundation$150K
- The Macdonald Family Foundation$123K
- Lindy Green Family Foundation$100K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$65K
- The Langar Foundation$60K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$57K
- RBC Foundation$50K
- Weston Family Foundation$30K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$20K
- The Sharp Foundation$15K
- The Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation$12K
- The Citrine Foundation of Canada$10K
- The McLean Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,865
- Aqueduct Foundation$6,000
- The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation$5,000
- The Murray Frum Foundation$5,000
- The K M Hunter Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Thor E and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,676
- The Minhas Mohamed Foundation$2,500
- Greenrock Charitable Trust$2,000
- The Henry White Kinnear Foundation$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions28
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Appleyard (chair); Daniel Bain (trustee); Cheryl Blackman (trustee); Neil Guthrie (trustee); Corrie Jackson (trustee); Devan Patel (trustee); Diana Reitberger (vice chair); Bonnie Zelman (trustee); Nick Sweetman (trustee); Michael Liebrock (director); Kulin Matchhar (director); Minhas Mohamed (director); Andre Morriseau (director); Rosemary Phelan (director); James Richardson (director); Raphael Yu (director); Theresa Wang (trustee); Anthony Wu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108082900RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.