Fairytales Presentation Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 857771208RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($319,599) as filed with the CRA.
Fairytales Presentation Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $171K in revenue and $320K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 74% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% 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.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $618 in 2024, the largest being $250 to Making Treaty 7 Society. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $331K in 2020 to $171K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Fairy Tales Film Festival - annual queer film festival event
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $171K | $320K | $250K | $1,000 | $618 | $53K |
| 2023 | $268K | $196K | $110K | — | — | $235K |
| 2022 | $293K | $292K | $179K | $0 | $800 | $163K |
| 2021 | $425K | $303K | $182K | — | — | $203K |
| 2020 | $331K | $285K | — | — | — | $41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $618 to 5 qualified donees:
- Making Treaty 7 Society$250
- Miskanaweh Community Services$92
- Trellis Society$92
- Rainbow Elders$92
- Centre for Newcomers$92
Received $13K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$112K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Samantha Jenkins (president); Ian Krell (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fairytales Presentation Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857771208RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.