Atelier de Dramaturgie de Montréal Inc./ Playwrights' Workshop (montreal) Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 119094738RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($768,592) as filed with the CRA.
Atelier de Dramaturgie de Montréal Inc./ Playwrights' Workshop (montreal) Inc. is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $721K in revenue and $769K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 85% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $56K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Playwrights’ workshop (montreal) inc. Is a nationally-madated dramaturgically-led development centre focused on the collaborative process of creating new work for performance. The organization has designed and implemented programs that foster innovative work and further develop the artistic practice of contemporary creators. The organization’s focus is the process of development wether written of devised at every stage-from the idea of performance.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $721K | $769K | $447K | $19K | — | $221K |
| 2023 | $634K | $714K | $403K | $35K | — | $268K |
| 2022 | $637K | $586K | $299K | $28K | — | $348K |
| 2021 | $766K | $622K | $417K | $27K | — | $297K |
| 2020 | $641K | $0 | $379K | $24K | — | $154K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $56K from 10 charities:
- RBC Foundation$30K
- The Purpleville Foundation$9,000
- The Scott Griffin Foundation$5,000
- Virginia Parker Foundation$4,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,777
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$2,000
- Walter and Duncan Gordon Charitable Foundation$2,000
- The Chawkers foundation$1,000
- Toronto Foundation$250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$6
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$375K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jason Poirier Lavoie (president); Nicole Lee (vice president); Yumi Palleschi (administrateur); Jame Vaccaro (administrateur); Gillian Clark (administrateur); Danielle Keiko Eyer (administrateur); Geraldine Émile (secrétaire).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Atelier de Dramaturgie de Montréal Inc./ Playwrights' Workshop (montreal) Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119094738RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.