Toronto Artscape Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 855588034RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($407,597) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto Artscape Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $398K in revenue and $408K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $241K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $79K in 2024, the largest being $75K to The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2.9M in 2020 to $398K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To increase the public's understanding of arts and culture through education and to provide support for development of various facilities in which artistic and cultural events takes place. Core programs include: community access program: artscape partners with community groups and individual creators to help them reconnect with audiences and their art through free access to artscape facilities and equipment with support from artscape via event mentorship execution and marketing. Youth mentorship programs; for youth 19-30 in underserved areas of toronto. The program reduces barriers to …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $398K | $408K | $202K | — | $79K | -$56K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $953K | $91K | $325K | $507K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.6M | $1.1M | $209K | — | $89K |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $104K | — | $286K |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.9M | $2.4M | $129K | — | $254K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $79K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $241K from 10 charities:
- Hamilton Community Foundation$100K
- The Lang Family Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- BenefAction Foundation$25K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$5,000
- Vancouver Foundation$4,000
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$3,650
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$316
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$59
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$349K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Colleen Moorehead (chair & director); Sarah Thompson (director); Colin Mowatt (diretor & treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto Artscape Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855588034RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.