The North Vancouver Community Arts Council
Publicly funded institution · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119247849RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,020,286) as filed with the CRA.
The North Vancouver Community Arts Council is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. 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 $1M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $46K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
North Vancouver Community Arts Council delivered 22 visual arts exhibitions within three gallery locations (CityScape Community ArtSpace North Vancouver District Foyer Lynn Valley Library) all of which continue to have free admission to the public. These exhibitions provided showcasing opportunities for 60 artists. We produced two annual events; the 25th year of Arts in the Garden a community arts festival which showcased 43 creative musicians visual and performing artists and The North Shore Art Crawl a self guided studio tour supporting over 100 artisans living within our community.…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1M | $565K | — | — | -$6,441 |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $662K | $22K | — | $4,768 |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $601K | $38K | — | $897 |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $972K | $493K | $1,378 | $0 | $97K |
| 2020 | $978K | $940K | $465K | $16K | — | -$1,146 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $46K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$382K
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 North Vancouver Community Arts Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119247849RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.