Chemainus Theatre Festival Society
Charitable organization · Chemainus, British Columbia · BN 140012428RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,947,520) as filed with the CRA.
Chemainus Theatre Festival Society is a charitable organization based in Chemainus, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.2M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $122K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $94K in 2024, the largest being $94K to Vancouver Foundation - Endowment Fund. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $3.2M in 2024.
In its own words
Fund create promote and stage live professional theatrical productions
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $2.9M | $2.4M | $121K | $94K | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.9M | $2.5M | $101K | $0 | $2M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2M | $82K | $0 | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $673K | $17K | $3,517 | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.9M | $837K | $36K | $287K | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $94K to 1 qualified donee:
- Vancouver Foundation - Endowment Fund$94K
Received $122K from 7 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
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 Chemainus Theatre Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140012428RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.