The Oakville Arts Council
Publicly funded institution · Oakville, Ontario · BN 129815346RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($101,891) as filed with the CRA.
The Oakville Arts Council is a charitable organization based in Oakville, Ontario, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $112K in revenue and $102K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,966.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% 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 $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The oac continues to disseminate information about the local arts and culture community to the public including a directory of artists and arts organizations and their events; we distribute information through our brochure rack and present an on-line store for artists to sell their work. We administered a cultural grants program on behalf of the town of oakville. We held workshops and networking sessions for members local artists and the public; maintained an on-line calendar of events and sat on a variety of municipal committees representing the arts and culture sector in oakville. We also d…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $112K | $102K | $78K | $1,090 | — | $102K |
| 2023 | $151K | $143K | $110K | $1,533 | — | $99K |
| 2022 | $108K | $109K | — | — | — | $91K |
| 2021 | $118K | $111K | — | — | — | $92K |
| 2020 | $133K | $129K | $11K | — | — | $45K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,966 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$76K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Catherine Bobesich (vice chair); Tracy Capstick (treasurer); Chris Evans (director); Suzy Godefroy (director); Kirk Slaone (director); William Smith (past chair); Erick Vidal (director); Julian Wise (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Oakville Arts Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129815346RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.