Blue Bridge Theatre Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 853184497RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($174,047) as filed with the CRA.
Blue Bridge Theatre Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $215K in revenue and $174K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 13% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The production of live theatre presentations and provide creative production management and acting opportunities to emerging theatre artists. To provide the community access to the arts offered by a professional theatre company.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $215K | $174K | $148K | $22K | — | $22K |
| 2023 | $391K | — | $382K | $2,873 | — | — |
| 2022 | $745K | $603K | $540K | $14K | — | $141K |
| 2021 | $384K | $405K | $373K | — | — | -$77K |
| 2020 | $314K | $245K | $225K | — | — | -$54K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $17K from 3 charities:
- Maitland Family Foundation$7,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,256
- The Victoria Foundation$3,200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$2,876
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Richmond (president); Peter Dent (vice-president); Ian Collett (secretary); Jubal Gordon (treasurer); Amanda Lisman (director); RJ Peters (director); Christopher Mackie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blue Bridge Theatre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853184497RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.