Blyth Centre for the Arts
Charitable organization · Blyth, Ontario · BN 118812056RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,031,998) as filed with the CRA.
Blyth Centre for the Arts is a charitable organization based in Blyth, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations, 19% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $314K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $2.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Professional theatre company that develops and produces new canadian work. Also supports a community orchestra and an art gallery and arts outreach into the community including programs for children youth and adults.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $3M | $2.6M | $135K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.7M | $2.4M | $113K | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $90K | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1M | $769K | $99K | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.1M | $822K | $92K | — | $713K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $314K from 11 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$255K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$16K
- Good Foundation Inc.$12K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- RBC Foundation$10K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,595
- Abundance Canada$3,750
- Toronto Foundation$1,000
- Sunset Community Foundation$751
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$675
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elli Cohen (secretary); Gary Coursey (president); Doug Elliott (director); Michele Hansen (director); Wendy Hutton (director); Leticia Kolkman (treasurer); Shaukat Mangalji (director); Jim McIntosh (director); Carol Mitchell (vice-president); James Cressman (director); Heather Klopp (director); Shelley McPhee Haist (director); Michael Milde (director); Meighan Wark (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blyth Centre for the Arts’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118812056RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.