The Sunshine Coast Arts Council
Charitable organization · Sechelt, British Columbia · BN 119258408RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($331,027) as filed with the CRA.
The Sunshine Coast Arts Council is a charitable organization based in Sechelt, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $376K in revenue and $331K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from government, 44% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $57K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $126K in 2020 to $376K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Gallery program: scac operates a public art gallery showing 8-10 jury selected professional art exhibitions annually. Professional exhibition schedule is supplemented by community programs-children school programs and community groups. Admission to all gallery exhibtions is free. Awards program: 3 annual cash awards recognizing excellence and achievement (young adult to seniors emerging and professional level) cash awards for visual artists age 5-18. Banner design competition: scac produces 25 banners (6' x 2') based on designs submitted by school children. Designs are reproduced by adult vo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $376K | $331K | $320K | — | — | $156K |
| 2023 | $305K | $310K | $298K | — | — | $111K |
| 2022 | $259K | $244K | $247K | — | — | $116K |
| 2021 | $162K | $157K | $148K | — | — | $114K |
| 2020 | $126K | $143K | $123K | — | — | $105K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $57K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$135K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Down (member at large); Catherine Nicholls (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sunshine Coast Arts Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119258408RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.