Drayton Theatres Inc
Charitable organization · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 125911313RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,043,335) as filed with the CRA.
Drayton Theatres Inc is a charitable organization based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $18.3M in revenue and $15M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from government. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $304K.
Compared with 39 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 48 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $18.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Drayton theatres inc. Operates seven live theatrical venues in ontario. They include: 1. Drayton festival theatres drayton 2. Huron country playhouse and playhouse 2 grand bend 3. St. Jacobs country playhouse and st. Jacobs schoolhouse theatres st. Jacobs 4. King's wharf theatre penetanguishene 5. Hamilton family theatre cambridge as well our venues are used by local community and touring companies to present plays musicals concerts and dance recitals. We have a large number of volunteers who donate their time doing such activities as greeters ushers and board members. The tota…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18.3M | $15M | $11.6M | $167K | — | $29M |
| 2023 | $16.5M | $13.6M | $10.4M | $161K | — | $25.8M |
| 2022 | $11.2M | $8.8M | $6.3M | $66K | — | $22.9M |
| 2021 | $6.4M | $2.6M | $763K | $146K | — | $20.6M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $4.4M | $2.5M | $38K | — | $16.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $304K from 13 charities:
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$106K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$63K
- Abundance Canada$50K
- Huron Country Playhouse Guild$20K
- Astley Family Foundation$20K
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$18K
- Sunset Community Foundation$10K
- The 1949 Foundation$5,000
- The Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,488
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,355
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$398
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions48
- Total compensation, all staff$8.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donald Aitchison (director); Bryan Beattie (director); Bob Bignell (treasurer/secretary); Brad Carr (director); Greg Durocher (director); John Green (director); Willy Heffner (chair); AB Hesselink (member at large); Cheryl James (director); Anthony Mohr (director); Brent Ravelle (director); Everton Wilmot (director); Patricia Ziegler (past chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Drayton Theatres Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 125911313RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.