Toronto Cultural Advisory Corporation
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119266344RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($26,767,621) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto Cultural Advisory Corporation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, 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 $27M in revenue and $26.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $75K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
The toronto cultural advisory council operating as the toronto arts council (tac) is the city of toronto's funding body for artists and arts organizations. Since 1974 tac has played a major role in the city's cultural industries by supporting a very broad range of artistic activity. From the emerging artist to the most established from celebrated institutions to arts that challenge convention tac is typically the first funder to offer support. Today tac grants lead to exhibitions performances readings and workshops seen annually by over 7.5 million people. Through our ongoing funding t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27M | $26.8M | $17.1M | — | $7.5M | $630K |
| 2023 | $26.4M | $26.3M | $16.9M | — | $7.4M | $444K |
| 2022 | $25.9M | $26M | $16.6M | — | $7.6M | $348K |
| 2021 | $25.8M | $25.5M | $23.9M | — | — | $450K |
| 2020 | $26.2M | $26.2M | $24.6M | — | — | $190K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $75K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brad Bradford (director); Alejandra Bravo (director); Cheryl Duvall (director); Zahra Ebrahim (director); Roland Gulliver (director); Michael Herrera (treasurer); Sally Lee (director); Sean Lee (director); Lindsey Lickers (director); Victoria Mata (director); Paulina O'Kieffe Anthony (director); Devyani Saltzman (director); Tania Senewiratne (director); Michael Sinclair (director); Celia Smith (chair); Robin Sokoloski (director); Susan Wortzman (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto Cultural Advisory Corporation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119266344RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.