Brome Lake Theatre
Charitable organization · Knowlton, Quebec · BN 118819804RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($858,413) as filed with the CRA.
Brome Lake Theatre is a charitable organization based in Knowlton, Quebec, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $702K in revenue and $858K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations, 18% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $356K in 2020 to $702K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Operation of a theatre in the eastern townships in the brome county area. Promotion of activities in relation to the theatre and performing arts in the english language and french language including workshops for adults and children courses and training to provide for the development of communication skills collection of plays.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $702K | $858K | $647K | $118K | — | -$40K |
| 2023 | $647K | $739K | $635K | $28K | — | $116K |
| 2022 | $595K | $679K | $553K | $60K | — | $209K |
| 2021 | $516K | $341K | $289K | $23K | — | $292K |
| 2020 | $356K | $205K | $124K | $3,906 | — | $118K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$136K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jean-Claude Mahé (president); Peter Mendell (administrateur); Sylvie Laplante (administrateur); Linda Merlo (trésoriére); Eric Gauthier (administrateur); Mary Gallery (administrateur); Carole Samuel (administrateur); Louis Arsenault (vice-président).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brome Lake Theatre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118819804RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.