Canada Council for the Arts
Ottawa, None · EIN 98-6000843 · Arts, culture and humanities · Rank 2,199 by total revenue
The Canada Council for the Arts is Canada's national arm's length arts funding agency. Activities are: Grants (funding to individual professional artists & arts organizations); Endowments & Prizes (fellowships & prizes to some 200 artists and scholars); Research; communications & arts promotion
Money, Form 990 for tax year 2025
- Total revenue
- $296,130,177
- Total expenses
- $290,674,347
- Total assets
- $520,068,785
- Salary base (all salaries and wages)
- $30,518,412
- Salaries, other pay and benefits
- $30,518,412
- Employees
- not reported
"Salary base" is Form 990 Part IX lines 5 to 7. "Employees" is everyone who got a W-2 that year, full or part time. Form 990-EZ and 990-PF report pay differently; see About the data.
Leadership (13)
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle Chawla | Director and CEO | Key employee | 37.5 | $245,978 |
| Lise Ann Johnson | Deputy Director General, Arts Granting Programs | Key employee | 37.5 | $165,244 |
| Isabelle Ringuet | Director General, Strategy, Public Affairs and Arts Engagement | Key employee | 37.5 | $2,867 |
| Sloane Mask | Chief Financial Officer | Key employee | 37.5 | None reported |
| Cheryl Hickman | Chair of the Board of Directors | Board | 0 | $6,100 |
| Ingrid Leong | Board Member | Board | 0 | $5,244 |
| Irfhan Rawji | Board Member | Board | 0 | $4,890 |
| Jan-Fryderyk Pleszczynski | Board Member | Board | 0 | $4,890 |
| Stephane Moraille | Board Member | Board | 0 | $4,831 |
| Karl Schwonik | Board Member | Board | 0 | $4,831 |
| Marie Pier Germain | Vice Chair - Board of Directors | Board | 0 | $4,823 |
| Charlie Wall-Andrews | Board Member | Board | 0 | $4,772 |
| Ben Nind | Board Member | Board | 0 | $2,301 |
Top 10 paid people listed
These 10 people received $1,580,633, which is 5.2% of the $30,518,412 salary base.
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | From this org | From related orgs | Other pay | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle Chawla | Director and CEO | Key employee | 37.5 | $245,978 | $0 | $0 | $245,978 |
| Joanne Larocque-Poirier | Chief of Staff and Corp. Sec. | Key employee, Former | 37.5 | $174,020 | $0 | $0 | $174,020 |
| Lise Ann Johnson | Deputy Director General, Arts Granting Programs | Key employee | 37.5 | $165,244 | $0 | $0 | $165,244 |
| Carolyn Warren | Senior Executive LEad for Cross-Sectoral Strategy and Initiatives | Highly paid employee, Former | 37.5 | $160,569 | $0 | $0 | $160,569 |
| Felipe Diaz | Director, Granting Program Operations | Highly paid employee | 37.5 | $143,780 | $0 | $0 | $143,780 |
| Eric Sauve | Chief Information Officer | Highly paid employee | 37.5 | $140,696 | $0 | $0 | $140,696 |
| Sanjay Shahani | Director General, Strategy and Public Affairs | Key employee, Former | 37.5 | $139,841 | $0 | $0 | $139,841 |
| Maude Laflamme | Director, Arts Across Canada & Arts Abroad | Highly paid employee | 37.5 | $138,048 | $0 | $0 | $138,048 |
| Martine Flibotte | Director, People and Organizational Culture | Highly paid employee, Former | 37.5 | $137,607 | $0 | $0 | $137,607 |
| Qi Wang | Director, Strategic Policy and Planning | Highly paid employee | 37.5 | $134,850 | $0 | $0 | $134,850 |
Sources
- IRS e-file return 202612269349300131 (Form 990, period ending 2026-03-31): readable copy at ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 98-6000843
- Organization website (as filed): www.canadacouncil.ca