Vernon Public Art Gallery Society
Publicly funded institution · Vernon, British Columbia · BN 108113358RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($649,302) as filed with the CRA.
Vernon Public Art Gallery Society is a charitable organization based in Vernon, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $637K in revenue and $649K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $637K | $649K | $554K | $43K | — | $900K |
| 2023 | $640K | $655K | $547K | $56K | — | $907K |
| 2022 | $641K | $599K | $530K | $20K | — | $917K |
| 2021 | $615K | $509K | $452K | $14K | — | $865K |
| 2020 | $566K | $461K | $414K | $8,080 | — | $706K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $16K from 2 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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$345K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Powell (president); Bonnie Thomas (director); Sigrid-Ann Thors (director); Jay Gillman (director); Edward Woolley (director); Kyle Britton (treasurer); Ann-Marie Clancy (director); Sarah Kennedy (director); Destanne Norris (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vernon Public Art Gallery Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108113358RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.