The Richmond Art Gallery Association
Publicly funded institution · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 107894883RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($198,083) as filed with the CRA.
The Richmond Art Gallery Association is a charitable organization based in Richmond, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $180K in revenue and $198K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,675.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Richmond art gallery association provides educationalprogramming related to gallery exhibitions on contemporary art. These include artists talks. Curator talks panel discussions tours film screenings art workshops video interviews school art. School art program and a family sunday program. The association also supports exhibition-related publications produced by the gallery. Assocation including artists' fees travel and accomodation and association staff
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $180K | $198K | $162K | $5,326 | — | $95K |
| 2023 | $368K | $370K | $323K | $8,309 | — | $113K |
| 2022 | $227K | $245K | $212K | $526 | — | $116K |
| 2021 | $246K | $211K | $179K | $3,000 | — | $133K |
| 2020 | $235K | $240K | $220K | $2,308 | — | $98K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,675 from 2 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$1,907
- Canadahelps Canadon$768
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$84K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kristal Hamakawa (treasurer); Lei Ian (director); Jas Lally (director); Russna Kaur (director); Kurt Aydin (director); Allison Liu (secretary); Daria Sheina (director); Kerry Dawson (director); Debra Zhou (director); Lynn Chen (director); Ronald Lauenstein (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Richmond Art Gallery Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107894883RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.