Actors Fund of Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118777457RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,265,852) as filed with the CRA.
Actors Fund of Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $5.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from donations. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $281K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $4.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Ongoing programs for Canadian entertainment industry professionals include the Emergency Financial Aid program Financial Wellness Program Personal Support and Advocacy Program and Maintaining Mental Wellness Program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $5.3M | $4.6M | $315K | — | $8.2M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $194K | — | $8.7M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $1.5M | $214K | — | $8.9M |
| 2021 | $5.1M | $2.3M | $1.9M | $190K | — | $9.4M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $192K | — | $6.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $281K from 18 charities:
- Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada$91K
- J and W Murphy Foundation$75K
- Aubrey & Marla Dan Foundation$65K
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation$10K
- M.E.H. Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,239
- Canadian Film Centre$2,000
- PAL Winnipeg Inc.$2,000
- Canada Gives$1,500
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$1,080
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,036
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,000
- Hamilton Community Foundation$650
- Toronto Foundation$500
- The Pottruff Family Foundation$250
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$48
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$898K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Deborah Bernstein (past president); Brian Borts (treasurer); Ryan Goldhar (president); Alan Goluboff (director); Amy Cameron (vice president); Kevin Hanchard (director); Terry Kelly (director); Kimberley Rampersad (director); Arnie Zipursky (director); Mary Walsh (director); Gordon White (director); Al Mukadam (director); Sera-Lys McArthur (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Actors Fund of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118777457RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.