The Gordon and Marion Smith Foundation for Young Artists
Public foundation · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 866075658RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($738,772) as filed with the CRA.
The Gordon and Marion Smith Foundation for Young Artists is a public foundation based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, it reported $681K in revenue and $739K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $347K.
Compared with 1,733 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 84% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $240K in 2020 to $681K in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The spring exhibition (april-june 2023) 'endless summer' featured the work of 2 artists lucien durey and katie kozack and was curated bu jenn jackson. The gallery was open to public thursday -saturday. Arts education programs for children were run by the smooth foundation’s sister organization artists for kids on wednesday and fridays. Schools throughout the region are also invited to schedule self guided tours any day of the week. Weekend family program explore and create offered from january-march april-june and september -december coinciding with the gordon smith gallary of canadian…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $681K | $739K | $111K | $262K | $92K | $185K |
| 2022 | $274K | $256K | $28K | $66K | $93K | $243K |
| 2021 | $268K | $199K | $44K | $56K | $85K | $225K |
| 2020 | $240K | $246K | $29K | $69K | $77K | $156K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $347K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$172K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Paul Killeen (chair); Richard Savage (vice chair); Daylen Luchsinger (secretary); Patti Glass (director); Ian Wallace (director); Anne Watt (director); Ed Tsumura (director); Allison Kerr (director); Tyler Quarles (treasurer); Jackie Wong (director); Emmy Lee Wallace (director); Krista Whitelock (director); John David James (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Gordon and Marion Smith Foundation for Young Artists’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866075658RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.