Catalyst Theatre Society of Alberta
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 118840511RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($804,953) as filed with the CRA.
Catalyst Theatre Society of Alberta is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $703K in revenue and $805K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
In june 2023 we hired a professional crew to shoot nevermore - the imaginary life & mysterious death of edgar allan poe over three days at vertigo theatre in calgary. Later we co-produced and presented a workshop of chump by sue goberdhan exploring her guyanese canadian upbringing featuring a cast of eight and culminating in a community dinner for over 50 people. In august we announced our 2024 confluence fellow métis artist danielle larose and began her season-long residency to develop the poisoner's daughter. In october we participated in theatre yes' fundraiser for the edmonton food…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $703K | $805K | $578K | — | — | $172K |
| 2023 | $721K | $761K | $570K | — | — | $251K |
| 2022 | $731K | $636K | $468K | — | — | $292K |
| 2021 | $830K | $634K | $236K | — | — | $196K |
| 2020 | $856K | $856K | $434K | — | — | $355 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13K from 3 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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$200K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Caitlin Bullerkist (director); Tracy Carroll (ex officio); Jenifer Christenson (director); Jonathan Christenson (ex officio); Stacy Fysh (director); Stuart Kehrig (director); Crystel Magus (treasurer/director); Darrell Manning (director/chair); Sue Quon (director (secretary)); Hitomi Suzuta (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Catalyst Theatre Society of Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118840511RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.