The Second Story Art Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 894464148RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($246,260) as filed with the CRA.
The Second Story Art Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $307K in revenue and $246K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $64K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The second story art society (operating as truck contemporary art) continued to facilitate a program of contemporary art exhibitions and educational activities and events. The society provides the general community access to contemporary art practices issues and provides educational/support resources
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $307K | $246K | $125K | — | — | $133K |
| 2023 | $332K | — | $228K | $829 | — | -$118K |
| 2022 | $330K | $303K | — | — | — | $172K |
| 2021 | $332K | $224K | $121K | $68 | — | $144K |
| 2020 | $292K | $314K | $299K | $2,518 | — | $37K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $64K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Abhijot Sidhu (president); Jeffery Chau (treasurer); Alyssa Morrell (director); Melissa Skowron (director); Alicia Buates-McKenzie (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Second Story Art Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894464148RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.