Centre Stage Theatre Society
Charitable organization · Kentville, Nova Scotia · BN 896511417RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($143,744) as filed with the CRA.
Centre Stage Theatre Society is a charitable organization based in Kentville, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $145K in revenue and $144K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 11% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $551.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $41K in 2020 to $145K in 2024.
In its own words
CentreStage was able to put on 9 shows this year . CINDERELLA/HERE ON THE FLIGHT PATH/MARION BRIDGE/SEPARATE BEDS/TAKE MY WIFE PLEASE/THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST/THE LAST RESORT/TWO DUMB DOGS/WAITING FOR THE PARADE Also the youth theatre summer camps were filled for 8 weeks over July and August as well as community collaboration with schools and musical groups to provide entertainment in the venue as well as a Dinner Theatre and the Artist Wall was populated throughout every production with local artists
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $145K | $144K | $46K | $823 | — | $880K |
| 2023 | $140K | $145K | $116K | $960 | — | $800K |
| 2022 | $96K | $118K | $101K | — | — | $805K |
| 2021 | $29K | $72K | $892 | — | $0 | $828K |
| 2020 | $41K | $94K | $17K | — | — | $871K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $551 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$10K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre Stage Theatre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896511417RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.