The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
Publicly funded institution · Oshawa, Ontario · BN 108094327RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,940,243) as filed with the CRA.
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery is a charitable organization based in Oshawa, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $120K.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% 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 $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Collection preservation and conservation of fine art particularly related to canadian arts and culture as well as the exhibition and interpretation of the collection through educational programming.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $1.9M | $1.6M | $31K | — | $4.1M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.7M | $21K | — | $4.9M |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.9M | $1.6M | $17K | — | $3.9M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $16K | — | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $20K | — | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $120K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aileen Fletcher (treasurer); Paola Beci Gjata (director); Michael Brown (director); Lory Drusian (vice chair); Reema Chopra (director); Philip Marmina (director); Ashley Marshall (director); Kelly McKenzie (director); Annie Pinet (secretary); Kegan Winters (chair); Bradley Marks (council's representative); Wendy Vincent (director); Steve Laurie (director); Nicole Gibson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Robert McLaughlin Gallery’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108094327RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.