THE GEORGE R. GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART

Charitable organizationPublic amenities·111 QUEEN'S PARK · TORONTO, ON · M5S 2C7·BN 108082900RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Ongoing Programs: Permanent Collection Programs -Sessional Clay Classes -School Programs -Wellness and Mindfulness classes -Family Days -Drop-in Clay Classes -March Break Camps -Summer Camps (16 unique offerings) Community Arts Space 2023: Mark Making Narrating Our Histories Plaza Programs -Pottery on the Plaza (27 iterations) -Clay Dates (9 iterations) -Sundance Harvest (9 iterations) -Drop-in Clay Classes (9 iterations) -Family Day Sundays (10 iterations) Special Programs -Housewarming: Micro Meets Macro Taking Action on Food Insecurity (Special Exhibition Programming) -Housewarming: Figure making with Karine Giboulo (3 iterations Special Exhibition Programming) -Housewarming: Making it Mini (3 iterations Special Exhibition Programming) -Bell Lecture - Chinese Ceramics in Colonial Mexico (Virtual Program) -Helen Gardiner Lecture - All Walks of Life: A Journey with the Alan Shimmerman Collection -Macdonald Lecture - Japanese Ceramics in the Collection of King Charles III -Contemporary Lecture - Nicole Seisler -Wolfe Lecture (Virtual) -Cumming Lecture -Empty Bowls -Getting Animated with Art (2 iterations) Gardiner Curatorial Residency on

New programs

Major Exhibitions -Shary Boyle: Outside the Palace of Me (toured Canada/North America after leaving the Gardiner) -Karine Giboulo: Housewarming -Magdalene Odundo: A Dialogue with Objects -Permanent Collection Intervention: Mary Anne Barkhouse Lobby Shows -Replicas and Reunions: Ancient and Contemporary Ceramics from Ecuador (Gardiner Curatorial Residency) -Gardiner Award Winner Mel Wright: Love of Strangers -Sheridan College Grad Show Until Next Time -Reclaimed: Indo-Caribbean HerStories by Heidi Mackenzie -A Letter Home: Ceramics and Painting of Natalka Husar Courtois Gallery Exh… Show more

Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗

Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)

From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

56¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 56¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.

Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.

T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

43%

Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.

T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

12.3 yr

Years current reserves could cover program spending.

Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).

T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

$16.8M

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

14%

Share of revenue from receipted donations.

T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Government-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.

T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Over the years

Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.

Period end	Revenue	Cents to cause	Overhead	Reserves
2019-12-31	$7.4M	76¢	21%	6.7 yr
2020-12-31	$4.2M	81¢	16%	8.2 yr
2021-12-31	$7.4M	81¢	17%	8.5 yr
2022-12-31	$1.8M	84¢	15%	6.1 yr
2023-12-31	$4.7M	74¢	23%	6.7 yr
2024-12-31	$16.8M	56¢	43%	12.3 yr
trend

From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗

★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)

Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.

Board of directors

26 directors reported · 26 of 26at arm's length

Appleyard, JamesChairarm's length
Bain, DanielTrusteearm's length
Blackman, CherylTrusteearm's length
Chazan, MichaelTrusteearm's length
Guthrie, NeilTrusteearm's length
Jackson, CorrieTrusteearm's length
Patel, DevanTrusteearm's length
Reitberger, DianaVice Chairarm's length
Sarick, EstherTrusteearm's length
Zelman, BonnieTrusteearm's length

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Sweetman, NickTrusteearm's length
Liebrock, MichaelDirectorarm's length
Matchhar, KulinDirectorarm's length
Mohamed, MinhasDirectorarm's length
Morriseau, AndreDirectorarm's length
Phelan, RosemaryDirectorarm's length
Richardson, JamesDirectorarm's length
Yu, RaphaelDirectorarm's length
Fiouzi, LeilaTrusteearm's length
Hood, JenniferVice Chairarm's length
Monkman, KentDirectorarm's length
Walji, ZaminaDirectorarm's length
Weisz, JonathanTrusteearm's length
Breininger, AlexaTrusteearm's length
Wang, TheresaTrusteearm's length
Wu, AnthonyDirectorarm's length

From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗

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