UNIT/PITT Society for Art and Critical Awareness
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 132005950RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($224,252) as filed with the CRA.
UNIT/PITT Society for Art and Critical Awareness is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 $270K in revenue and $224K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government, 17% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $756.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $93K in 2020 to $270K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Presentation of contemporary visual art exhibitions performances and educational talks and publications to the public at large. Our exhibition program is presented without admission cost. We also provide cultural and education materials free of charge over the internet. We publish books representing local and international artistic developments and distribute those publications as a means of promoting contemporary visual art and making it accessible to a broad public. We also provide education and mentoring to students through internships and co-op placements.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $270K | $224K | $211K | — | — | $74K |
| 2023 | $346K | $330K | $309K | $3,004 | — | $27K |
| 2022 | $195K | $185K | $173K | — | — | $11K |
| 2021 | $191K | $170K | $163K | — | — | $1,199 |
| 2020 | $93K | $97K | $89K | — | — | -$18K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $756 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$114K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Madison Mayhew (board chair); Sara Ellis (member at large); Anna Zoria (member at large); Craig Stensrud (member at large); Henry Tsang (member at large); Emilie Crewe (treasurer); Angie Kwon (member at large); Nico Ford (member at large); Heloise Auvray (member at large); Marianne Thodas (member at large); Kaila Bhullar (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from UNIT/PITT Society for Art and Critical Awareness’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132005950RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.