Children's Peace Theatre
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 891056897RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,499,422) as filed with the CRA.
Children's Peace Theatre is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. 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, 2023, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $217K.
Compared with 84 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Children's peace theatre is a community based organization providing arts based courses programs and workshops about theatre and art production to children and youth in under-served communities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $64K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | — | $66K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $279K | — | $1.1M | $134K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $335K | — | $801K | $127K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $217K from 7 charities:
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
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$396K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Devan Predas; Luis Eduardo Mejicano; Jeffrey Kiyoshk Ross; Myka Burning (treasurer); Kevin Fajita (director); Krystal Froman.
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Children's Peace Theatre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891056897RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.