Werklund Centre
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118823269RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($19,401,038) as filed with the CRA.
Werklund Centre is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $19.6M in revenue and $19.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from government. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $694K.
Compared with 39 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 63 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $10.8M in 2020 to $19.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Operations and maintenance of a multi-venue performing arts centre in Calgary. Educational outreach and community inclusion programming.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19.6M | $19.4M | $15.6M | $1.1M | $0 | $0 |
| 2023 | $17.3M | $17.1M | $13.2M | $1.5M | $0 | $0 |
| 2022 | $15.7M | $15.7M | $12.8M | $984K | $0 | $0 |
| 2021 | $10.7M | $10.7M | $8.8M | $722K | $0 | $0 |
| 2020 | $10.8M | $10.9M | $9M | $661K | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $694K from 12 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$383K
- Werklund Foundation$85K
- RBC Foundation$75K
- Swiftsure Foundation$72K
- Rozsa Foundation$25K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$13K
- The Polar Foundation$7,000
- Harry and Martha Cohen Foundation$5,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$3,700
- Canadahelps Canadon$274
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions63
- Total compensation, all staff$7.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Heather Campbell (director); Gregory Kudar (director); Arun Lakra (director); James Morton (director); Randy Pettipas (director); James Laycraft (director); Patricia van de Sande (secretary/treasurer); James Reid (director); Holly Schile (director); David Smith (chair); Margo Randles (director); Chima Nkemdirim (director); Megan Fielding (director); Ruhee Ismail-Teja (director); Craig Senyk (director); Corrine Grigoriu (director); Alysha Kanji (director); Vishal Saini (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Werklund Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118823269RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.