Culture Days
Charitable organizationEducation in the arts·427 BLOOR ST W · TORONTO, ON · M5S 1X7·BN 822013033RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Culture Days is an annual national celebration of arts culture and creativity. As a volunteer-based initiative Culture Days involves the participation of thousands of cultural organizations and individual artists. Every fall organizers invite the public to participate in 4 000+ free events in their communities as a way to promote access and appreciation of arts and culture and celebrate diversity and creativity. The Culture Days organization supports and promotes the nation-wide event providing planning and marketing resources and access to free sectoral learning opportunities. Each year… Show more
Culture Days is an annual national celebration of arts culture and creativity. As a volunteer-based initiative Culture Days involves the participation of thousands of cultural organizations and individual artists. Every fall organizers invite the public to participate in 4 000+ free events in their communities as a way to promote access and appreciation of arts and culture and celebrate diversity and creativity. The Culture Days organization supports and promotes the nation-wide event providing planning and marketing resources and access to free sectoral learning opportunities. Each year Culture Days' multi-tiered promotional campaign attracts millions of people across Canada to engage with arts and culture in their communities.
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)82¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 82¢ 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)18%
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)0.1 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)$499K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
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)97%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $538K | 85¢ | 15% | 0.1 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $622K | 84¢ | 16% | 0.1 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $465K | 81¢ | 19% | 0.7 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $585K | 85¢ | 15% | 0.2 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $423K | 80¢ | 20% | 0.4 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $499K | 82¢ | 18% | 0.1 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
9 directors reported · 9 of 9at arm's length
- Iley, SarahChairarm's length
- Pensato, DavidChairarm's length
- Avrich, BarryBoard Memberarm's length
- Walters, RickBoard memberarm's length
- Mehta, Mervonvarm's length
- Filan, GaryBoard memberarm's length
- Ivey, CarolineBoard memberarm's length
- Kush, DeanBoard memberarm's length
- Smith, ColleenBoard memberarm'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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