Tribe Artist Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 775015662RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($190,732) as filed with the CRA.
Tribe Artist Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $241K in revenue and $191K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from government, 34% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $213K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $22K in 2021 to $241K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
1) monday rap night-a weekly drop-in program suppoprting emerging artists through hip hop offering open mics workshops and community gatherings with shared meals and smudging. 2) calgary young offenders centre rap workshops- provides creative expression and skill-building for incarcerated youth. 3) mixtape club- bi-weekly program where beatmeakers rappers and sound engineers collaborate to create conscious hip hop songs. 4) tribe cypher yxe- a saskatoon-based program like monday rap night offering a supportive space for indigenous and local artists to share perform and connect through …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $241K | $191K | $122K | — | — | $82K |
| 2023 | $149K | $146K | $97K | — | — | $26K |
| 2022 | $121K | $111K | $88K | — | — | $23K |
| 2021 | $22K | $8,582 | $5,700 | — | — | $13K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $213K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$105K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dwight Farahat (president); Melrene Saloy (secretary); Sarah Tucker (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tribe Artist Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 775015662RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.