Vancouver Access Artist Run Centre
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 891324394RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($212,236) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Access Artist Run Centre 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 $210K in revenue and $212K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from government, 12% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Access produces 3-5 exbitions per year and public programs which include artist talks publciations tours film screenings book launches performances temporary artist residencies community programs and shared community programming space.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $210K | $212K | $122K | $1,282 | — | $71K |
| 2023 | $169K | $189K | $120K | $178 | — | $73K |
| 2022 | $197K | $151K | $88K | $703 | — | $94K |
| 2021 | $147K | $137K | $74K | $589 | — | $29K |
| 2020 | $241K | $248K | $173K | $8,418 | — | $20K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $26K from 2 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$81K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kelsie Grazier (director); April dela Noche Milne (president); Jonathan Habraham Alfaro (director); Rebecca Wang (treasurer); Aaniya Asrani (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Access Artist Run Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891324394RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.