Alberta Playwrights' Network Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 130874829RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($164,662) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Playwrights' Network Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $168K in revenue and $165K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 62% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $34K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
In its own words
Playwright and play development through advocacy mentorship education and outreach. Programming assistance and partnerships with theatre organizations/producers. Providing dramaturgical and play development resources. Playwriting classes and professional development seminars for playwrights at all levels (beginner to professional). Our charitable work takes the form of providing the above programming to individuals at well below the market value for those services. Our organization uses our revenues to subsidize programming and services for our membership to make certain that they remain acc…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $168K | $165K | $83K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $167K | $162K | $86K | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2022 | $163K | $166K | $85K | $1,160 | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $200K | $175K | $78K | — | — | $43K |
| 2020 | $142K | $140K | $69K | — | — | $17K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $34K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$74K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Playwrights' Network Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130874829RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.