Alberta Ballet Company
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118780378RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($17,130,181) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Ballet Company is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $16.5M in revenue and $17.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from government. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
Compared with 46 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 54 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $305K in 2024, the largest being $305K to Alberta Ballet Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
As a dynamic member of the canadian cultural community the alberta ballet company (the 'company') fosters and promotes appreciation enjoyment and participation in classical ballet while nurturing the discerning tastes of its audience through performance of acclaimed contemporary masterpieces and new works by gifted choreographers. Through its school alberta ballet company fosters and promotes the study participation and appreciation of dance and provides superior academic training. Alberta ballet company is a not-for-profit organization incorporated under the societies act of the province…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16.5M | $17.1M | $14.7M | $309K | — | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $16.2M | $16.9M | $14.6M | $456K | — | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $16.4M | $16.6M | $13.7M | $595K | — | $4.9M |
| 2021 | $11.1M | $9.5M | $7.6M | $339K | $16K | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $14.3M | $13.7M | $11.3M | $563K | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $305K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1M from 17 charities:
- Alberta Ballet Foundation$619K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$102K
- Shaw Family Foundation$50K
- The Palmer Family Foundation$50K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$38K
- The Calgary Foundation$35K
- RBC Foundation$30K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$23K
- Aqueduct Foundation$20K
- Rozsa Foundation$14K
- The Chawkers foundation$13K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,914
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,106
- Children's Hospital Aid Society$5,000
- United Way of Calgary and Area$3,000
- Abundance Canada$2,500
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions54
- Total compensation, all staff$8.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Heather Rae (chair); Frank Molnar (corporate secretary); Wendy Gnenz (director); Denise Clark (director); Noel Papadopoulos (director); Alyssa Kim (director); Heather Klimchuk (director); Aggie Mikulski (director); Noel Xavier (director); Sarah Palmer (director); Heather Rae (director); Bob Willows (director); Peggy Garrity (director); Greg Stirling (director); Melissa Cook (director); Melissa Padfield (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Ballet Company’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118780378RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.