Clay and Paper Theatre
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 899324263RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($252,789) as filed with the CRA.
Clay and Paper Theatre is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $254K in revenue and $253K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from government, 39% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Clay and paper theatre is built on the accumulated experience of the founding artistic director and theatre activist david anderson and is the producer of new canadian work and defender of public space since 1969. Since 1994 clay & paper has been bringing together seasoned arts professionals theatre students local businesses and community members in the co-creation of public theatrical performances and celebrations. Clay & paper uses its own brand of narrative theatre and larger-than-life puppetry as a means of animating public space-igniting community festivity and celebration for a wide…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $254K | $253K | $176K | — | — | -$19K |
| 2023 | $242K | $255K | $220K | — | — | -$20K |
| 2022 | $182K | $198K | $167K | — | — | -$7,215 |
| 2021 | $204K | $176K | $104K | $117 | — | $6,293 |
| 2020 | $185K | $219K | $158K | $460 | — | -$23K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $23K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$151K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandhya Chari (secretary); David Frisch (chair); Vicki Hargreaves (board member at large); Jesse Wabegijig (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Clay and Paper Theatre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899324263RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.