THE OTTAWA ART GALLERY / LA GALERIE D'ART D'OTTAWA
Charitable organizationArts·10 DALY AVE · OTTAWA, ON · K1N 6E2·BN 137078960RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
73¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
27%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.4 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$3.4M
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to The Ottawa Art Gallery?
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Is The Ottawa Art Gallery a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 137078960RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is The Ottawa Art Gallery located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 10 DALY AVE, OTTAWA, ON, K1N 6E2. Source.
What does The Ottawa Art Gallery do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "The presentation interpretation dissemination and acquisition of works of art for the benefit of the community- through exhibitions research public programs publications social media and retail sales of artwork. In 2020 the OAG received its Category 'A' Museum Designation granted by the Canadian Conservation…" Full program description.
How much of The Ottawa Art Gallery's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 73¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is The Ottawa Art Gallery?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $3.4M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $1M–$10M revenue band, alongside 9,072 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The presentation interpretation dissemination and acquisition of works of art for the benefit of the community- through exhibitions research public programs publications social media and retail sales of artwork. In 2020 the OAG received its Category 'A' Museum Designation granted by the Canadian Conservation Institute for its new building. This designation allows the gallery to receive Canadian Cultural Property. Programming continued to exemplify the OAG’s drive to collaborate and to approach subject matter through unique strategies in order to stay relevant and build new audiences.
New programs
The 2024 period has been a time of both challenge and achievement for the Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) marked by financial pressures and exciting strides in programming institutional partnerships and community-focused work. OAG reaffirmed its role as a centre for cultural leadership innovation and care while navigating the realities of staff transitions site safety and sustainability. Achievements and Innovations in Programming OAG expanded its national footprint through touring exhibitions in Nunavut Winnipeg and across Ontario. This outward engagement paralleled internal deepening … Show more
The 2024 period has been a time of both challenge and achievement for the Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) marked by financial pressures and exciting strides in programming institutional partnerships and community-focused work. OAG reaffirmed its role as a centre for cultural leadership innovation and care while navigating the realities of staff transitions site safety and sustainability. Achievements and Innovations in Programming OAG expanded its national footprint through touring exhibitions in Nunavut Winnipeg and across Ontario. This outward engagement paralleled internal deepening of consultative curatorial practices. Notably our partnership with the National Gallery of Canada based on shared Indigenous leadership and decolonial values led to an unprecedented agreement launching with Jeff Thomas: Stories My Father Couldn’t Tell Me to be followed by an Indigenous curatorial mentorship. BIPOC and equity-based mentorship remained central to our work. The inaugural BIPOC curatorial mentorship with OBAK which has now been expanded nationally through a partnership with the National Gallery of Canada and our long-standing collaboration with the University of Ottawa's Visual Arts Department exemplify this. Exhibitions such as For Those Who Chose the Sea by Stanley Wany and Dark Ice by Leslie Reid and Robert Kautuk highlighted Black and Inuit perspectives blending contemporary themes with social and environmental justice. Through historical reframing such as in Ground Glass: Reframing William James Topley we examined race gender and class in the Canadian visual canon. This exhibition along with the Firestone Collection's themed shows (including a Firestone Reverb installation by Rachel Kalpana James) underscores our commitment to pluralistic storytelling. Recent acquisition highlights include works by Stanley Wany Jobena Petonoquot and Caroline Monnet and major estate gifts from Bill Staubi and Jeff Thomas.
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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
73¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 73¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 87¢ among those its size ($1M–$10M).
this charity 73¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
27%
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 ↗ · what this means
0.4 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size ($1M–$10M, 9,072): median 0.5 yr; 43% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$3.4M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)3%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
49%
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 ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
3%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
49%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
48%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 | $3.8M | 69¢ | 20% | 0.1 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $3.2M | 75¢ | 25% | 0.2 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $3.2M | 74¢ | 26% | 0.4 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $3.7M | 75¢ | 25% | 0.4 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $3.5M | 75¢ | 25% | 0.4 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $3.4M | 73¢ | 27% | 0.4 yr |
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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 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
21 directors reported · 21 of 21at arm's length
- Fong, BarryDirectorarm's length
- Badzak, AlexandraDirector & CEOarm's length
- Poliquin, GabrielDirectorarm's length
- Trejo, GuillermoDirectorarm's length
- Pilotte, VanessaVice-Chairarm's length
- Schaan, MarkChairarm's length
- Brascoupé, SimonDirectorarm's length
- Dreaver, SylviaDirectorarm's length
- Raj, AlthiaDirectorarm's length
- Duffy, DeborahDirectorarm's length
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- Manson, MikeDirectorarm's length
- Cunningham, MaureenDirectorarm's length
- Kappagantula, SwathiDirectorarm's length
- Angaladian, AlikDirectorarm's length
- Dupéré-Tremblay, CarolineTreasurerarm's length
- Liboiron, MichelDirectorarm's length
- Kwan, DonaldDirectorarm's length
- Cloutier, AnnabelleDirectorarm's length
- Akangah, AndyDirectorarm's length
- Lafferty, KatieDirectorarm's length
- Smith, SusanDirectorarm'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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