Caribbeantales
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 878964618RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($485,356) as filed with the CRA.
Caribbeantales is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $545K in revenue and $485K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations, 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,246.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $277K in 2020 to $545K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The CaribbeanTales Film Festival The CaribbeanTales Youth Film Festival Celebrating Black History Month The Creators of Colour Incubator Program CaribbeanTales Community Screenings CaribbeanTales-TV online screenings and online festival and training platform.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $545K | $485K | $415K | — | — | $58K |
| 2023 | $508K | $530K | $391K | — | $0 | $214K |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $977K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1M | $752K | — | $0 | $264K |
| 2020 | $277K | $299K | $221K | — | — | -$25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,246 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$381K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jean Augustine (director); Denham Jolly (director); Denise Herrera-Jackson (director); Anne-Marie Stewart (president); Susan Fueg (director); Peter Lyman (director); Carrie Butcher (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Caribbeantales’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 878964618RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.