Whitby Arts Incorporated
Publicly funded institution · Whitby, Ontario · BN 119297042RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,125,103) as filed with the CRA.
Whitby Arts Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Whitby, Ontario, 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 $1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 90 arts institutions 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 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Whitby arts offers art exhibitions for the public; studio art classes for all ages and summer classes for children; lectures artist tours and special events open to the public; and maintains and displays a permanent collection of artwork in the gallery and other public buildings.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1.1M | $864K | $156K | — | $550K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.1M | $906K | $155K | — | $625K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $770K | $207K | — | $742K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $718K | $127K | — | $708K |
| 2020 | $944K | $794K | $559K | $121K | — | $616K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$563K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ken McConnachie (director); Nancy Harper (chair); Karina Seeney (director); Maria McDonnell (vice chair); Chris Leahy (director); Paul Avvampato (treasurer); Bobby McBride (secretary); Helen Viveiros (director); Amanda Lamers (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Whitby Arts Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119297042RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.