NELSON FINE ARTS CENTRE SOCIETY
Charitable organizationEducation in the arts·3-320 VERNON ST · NELSON, BC · V1L 4E4·BN 865932669RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-06-30
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The Oxygen Art Centre (Nelson Fine Arts Centre Society) offers contemporary art programming through the Exhibition & Residency program and the Education program. The Exhibition & Residency program hosts 2-3 artists-in-residence per year supporting regional and visiting artists in process-based experimentation in their practice. This program also hosts 3-4 exhibitions in the main gallery 9-10 exhibitions by emerging regional artists in the O2 window vitrine exhibition space an annual mural installation in the centre's bathroom and publishes exhibition catalogues and printed matter (online… Show more
The Oxygen Art Centre (Nelson Fine Arts Centre Society) offers contemporary art programming through the Exhibition & Residency program and the Education program. The Exhibition & Residency program hosts 2-3 artists-in-residence per year supporting regional and visiting artists in process-based experimentation in their practice. This program also hosts 3-4 exhibitions in the main gallery 9-10 exhibitions by emerging regional artists in the O2 window vitrine exhibition space an annual mural installation in the centre's bathroom and publishes exhibition catalogues and printed matter (online + digital) to accompany these project. The Education program provides adult youth and children's art education classes and intensives as well as community-focused art making events across two semesters. In addition Oxygen presents regular event series focusing on rural artistic professional development throughout the year. Oxygen Art Centre provides unique accessible contemporary art programming for the rural regional communities of the Columbia Basin in West Kootenay SouthEastern British Columbia.
New programs
In 2024 Oxygen added new youth arts education programs including 'Lost Cat! ' a drop-in art making event series and 'Print & Paste ' a youth printmaking workshop.
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)0.4 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)$211K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)2%
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)83%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-30 | $102K | 90¢ | 10% | 0.5 yr |
| 2020-06-30 | $137K | 9¢ | 91% | 14.1 yr |
| 2021-06-30 | $180K | 92¢ | 8% | 1.7 yr |
| 2022-06-30 | $257K | 95¢ | 5% | 0.8 yr |
| 2023-06-30 | $213K | 95¢ | 5% | 0.8 yr |
| 2024-06-30 | $211K | 96¢ | 4% | 0.4 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)
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Board of directors
16 directors reported · 16 of 16at arm's length
- LEVESQUE, ANITABOARD CHAIRarm's length
- SUN, PROPHECYDIRECTORarm's length
- WALLACE, CAROLSECRETARYarm's length
- LYE, BRIANSECRETARYarm's length
- WRIGHT, TYLERTREASURERarm's length
- CRUZ, SAMONTEDIRECTORarm's length
- ASBELL, LAURYNDIRECTORarm's length
- FREYTA, CHELSEYDIRECTORarm's length
- TALBOT-KELLY, ALISONDIRECTORarm's length
- SIMONI, SUZANNEDIRECTORarm's length
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- LEE, MARILYNTREASURERarm's length
- TERLESKY, LAURELDIRECTORarm's length
- ASBELL, GABRIELLEYOUTH CHAIRarm's length
- POST, RIYADIRECTORarm's length
- KARCHER, VINCENTDIRECTORarm's length
- WALLACE, CHRISTINETREASURERarm'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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