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The Bentway Conservancy

Charitable organizationPublic amenities·55 FORT YORK BLVD · TORONTO, ON · M5V 0R6·BN 752175299RR0001

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31

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Cents to cause T1

—

not in this filing

Operating overhead T1

2%

typical range 5–35%

Reserves T1

—

not in this filing

Revenue T1

$5.2M

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

This charity filed the simplified return, so some figures can't be computed. Fewer numbers, never invented ones.

Common questions

How do I donate to The Bentway Conservancy?

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Is The Bentway Conservancy a registered charity?

Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 752175299RR0001. 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 Bentway Conservancy located?

Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 55 FORT YORK BLVD, TORONTO, ON, M5V 0R6. Source.

What does The Bentway Conservancy do?

In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Commissioning producing and presenting installations: working with professional artists to create rotating multi-artist exhibitions across the site that invite artists to adapt existing and/or create new work - Commissioning producing and presenting performance projects: working with professional artists to develop…" Full program description.

How big is The Bentway Conservancy?T1

Its last-reported revenue was $5.2M (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

Commissioning producing and presenting installations: working with professional artists to create rotating multi-artist exhibitions across the site that invite artists to adapt existing and/or create new work - Commissioning producing and presenting performance projects: working with professional artists to develop new outdoor presentations in dance theatre music etc. often site-specific in nature - Artist residency: an annual program to advance site-specific experimentation and artist development via a long-term engagement with our space - Signature public art projects: larger-scale ar… Show more

Commissioning producing and presenting installations: working with professional artists to create rotating multi-artist exhibitions across the site that invite artists to adapt existing and/or create new work - Commissioning producing and presenting performance projects: working with professional artists to develop new outdoor presentations in dance theatre music etc. often site-specific in nature - Artist residency: an annual program to advance site-specific experimentation and artist development via a long-term engagement with our space - Signature public art projects: larger-scale artistic interventions commissioned produced and created with artists - Incubation program: empowering and supporting emerging-level organizations curators collectives and artists to develop projects for the site - Tours talks and workshops: engaging external speakers and experts (including artists community leaders and curators) with audiences to explore our seasonal thematic and artworks - A variety of free recreation fitness and community activities such as operations of a winter ice skating trail

New programs

Expansion of Bentway programming to other sites under the Gardiner Expressway; out into the local neighborhood; and at a new facility next to Canoe Landing Park

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.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

—

Not computable from this filing.

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

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

2%

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

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

—

Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.

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

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

$5.2M

Last-reported total revenue.

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

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

33%

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)

33%

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

    33%

    T3010 4500 ÷ 4700

  • GovernmentT1

    33%

    T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700

  • Other revenueT1

    34%

    T3010 remainder ÷ 4700

Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. 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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Figures per each charity's F2024 T3010 · self-reported, not audited by us · ✱= that filing's expense lines don't reconcile · open a profile for sources and caveats.

Board of directors

12 directors reported · 10 of 12at arm's length

  • Shearer, DanielBoard Chairarm's length
  • Matthews, WilmotDirectornot at arm's length
  • Khanna, RajaDirectorarm's length
  • Macdonald, BarbaraDirectorarm's length
  • Sinclair, DrewDirectorarm's length
  • Gonda, GabeDirectorarm's length
  • Pepino, JaneDirectorarm's length
  • Matthews, JudyEmeritusarm's length
  • Greenberg, KenEmeritusarm's length
  • Keil, MarkTreasurernot at arm's length
  • Rowe, MaryDirectorarm's length
  • Bowman, AnnDirectorarm'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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