Atelier Theatre Society
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 128590817RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,734,871) as filed with the CRA.
Atelier Theatre Society is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations, 21% from government. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Opera atelier is committed to the development and creation of period opera and ballet and the training of the artists. In fulfillment of its mandate opera atelier produces two period productions in the fiscal year and excutes a number of outreach and educational activities throughout the year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.7M | $2.1M | $35K | — | -$133K |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $1.8M | $100K | — | $188K |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $2.5M | $1.8M | $183K | — | $117K |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.3M | $1.6M | $162K | — | $209K |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.2M | $1.6M | $187K | — | -$199K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.1M from 19 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$320K
- Canadahelps Canadon$320K
- The Dalglish Family Foundation$200K
- Wagner Green Family Trust$100K
- The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation$45K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$40K
- The Sixty Three Foundation$24K
- Hodgson Family Foundation$20K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$10K
- The Sharp Foundation$10K
- The Rogan Foundation$6,000
- The McLean Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,564
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,500
- The Henry White Kinnear Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$686
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$250
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$235
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$150
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$713K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anne Baumann (director); Mesha Brueggergosmann-Lee (director); Jan Lambert (director); Trini Mitra (treasurer); Mark Opashinov (secretary); Jolie Ringash (director); James Stonehouse (director); Daphne Wagner (director); Lauren Wu (director); Nick Zelenczuk (chair); Bruce Zinger (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Atelier Theatre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 128590817RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.