Urban Ink Production Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 876689217RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($671,242) as filed with the CRA.
Urban Ink Production Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $672K in revenue and $671K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $101K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Urban ink productions creates produces and disseminates original live performance works by indigenous and inter-cultural artists.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $672K | $671K | $479K | $3,680 | — | $62K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $935K | $657 | — | $61K |
| 2022 | $894K | $897K | $705K | $670 | — | $124K |
| 2021 | $489K | $488K | $322K | $994 | — | $77K |
| 2020 | $495K | $493K | $320K | $586 | — | $75K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $101K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$497K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amy Benson-Russell (president); Francis Chang (vice president); Jorge Zylberberg (treasurer); Donna Wong-Juliani (director); Kelsey Croft (secretary); Nick Peragine (director); Robin Dean (director); Kim Barsanti (director); Lauren Duffy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Urban Ink Production Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876689217RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.