The Nanaimo Arts Council
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 119050573RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($57,513) as filed with the CRA.
The Nanaimo Arts Council is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $53K in revenue and $58K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 62% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,142.
Compared with 89 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $11K in 2020 to $53K in 2024.
In its own words
1) Islands Short Fiction Review 2) Ekphrastic Celebration 3) Art Around Town 4) Night Market 5) Online Galleries 6) Nanaimo Artwalk 7)Regional art promotional 8)Art Research
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $53K | $58K | $47K | — | — | $7,183 |
| 2023 | $53K | $49K | $33K | — | — | $11K |
| 2022 | $44K | $40K | $27K | — | — | $6,540 |
| 2021 | — | $65K | $48K | — | — | $1,818 |
| 2020 | $11K | $9,676 | $4,115 | — | — | $10K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,142 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$27K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Nanaimo Arts Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119050573RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.