GRAND NATIONAL EXHIBITION ASSOCIATION
Charitable organizationArts·1367 LEED RD · CAMPBELL RIVER, BC · V9W 5R3·BN 757729686RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Jurors selected the artwork for the touring exhibition. Gathered the winning artwork and installed the exhibition at its opening venue Kootenay Gallery of Arts in Castlegar BC. Produced a catalogue of the exhibition. Judged the artwork and awarded 5 prizes totaling $6099. Facilitated an opening/award ceremony at Kootenay Gallery of Arts on June 8 2024. Exhibition ran from June 8 - July 27 2024. Announced the call for entry to the 2026/2027 touring exhibition and started advertising for artists to enter. Toured the exhibition to two other venues in 2024 United Community Arts in Pilot Mou… Show more
Jurors selected the artwork for the touring exhibition. Gathered the winning artwork and installed the exhibition at its opening venue Kootenay Gallery of Arts in Castlegar BC. Produced a catalogue of the exhibition. Judged the artwork and awarded 5 prizes totaling $6099. Facilitated an opening/award ceremony at Kootenay Gallery of Arts on June 8 2024. Exhibition ran from June 8 - July 27 2024. Announced the call for entry to the 2026/2027 touring exhibition and started advertising for artists to enter. Toured the exhibition to two other venues in 2024 United Community Arts in Pilot Mound MB from August 8 - Sept 25 2024 and Woodstock Art gallery from October 12 2024 continuing into 2025 to January 25 2025. Facilitated an opening ceremony at the Woodstock Art Gallery on Oct 19 2024. We have 9 active committee members volunteering over 2800 hrs in 2024.
New programs
Continued touring the 2024/2025 touring exhibition at Woodstock Art Gallery until January 25 2025 then moving it on to Saint John Arts Centre in Saint John NB from March 14 - April 25 2025. Facilitate the return of all artwork. Continue plans for the 2026/2027 touring exhibition by advertising the call for entry solicite venues prizes and operating capital. Run the entry process and start the process for the artwork selection taking place in Jan 2026.
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)96¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 96¢ 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)4%
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)—
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)$20K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)50%
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)0%
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 | $14K | 86¢ | 14% | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $8K | 88¢ | 12% | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $19K | 98¢ | 2% | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $24K | 96¢ | 4% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $8K | 35¢ | 65% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $20K | 96¢ | 4% | — |
| 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)
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Board of directors
6 directors reported · 6 of 6at arm's length
- SEELEY, CAROL ANNEXHIBITION COORDINATORarm's length
- TIDWELL, KATHYASSISTANT EXHIBITION COORDINATarm's length
- NEWBURY, THELMATREASURERarm's length
- ZEGHERS, KRISTA RRdirector-at-largearm's length
- HIMSL, JAYNIE EMARKETING COORDINATORarm's length
- GRAY, VICTORIA EDIRECTOR AT LARGEarm'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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