Fathers of Confederation Buildings Trust
Publicly funded institution · Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island · BN 121807929RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,771,298) as filed with the CRA.
Fathers of Confederation Buildings Trust is a charitable organization based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, classified by the CRA under 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $20.7M in revenue and $14.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $687K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 55 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $13.3M in 2020 to $20.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
The charlottetown festival runs from mid-june to late september featuring anne of green gables-the musical as well as free outdoor performances of the charlottetown centre young company and teh confederation centre brass quintet. The confederation centre art gallery operates year-round presenting approximately 20 exhibitions on a local national and international basis.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $20.7M | $14.8M | $7.1M | $970K | — | $41.6M |
| 2023 | $16.9M | $15.8M | $8.8M | $433K | — | $35.6M |
| 2022 | $11.3M | $10.4M | $4.6M | $274K | — | $34.6M |
| 2021 | $11.6M | $8.7M | $3.3M | $217K | — | $33.7M |
| 2020 | $13.3M | $13.9M | $7.5M | $253K | — | $30.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $687K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions55
- Total compensation, all staff$6.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Kateri Coade (executive); Sean Finn (director); Alex Macbeath (vice chair); Lori Pendleton (secretary/treasurer); Arlene Rae (director); Robert Sear (chairman); Margo Thompson (executive); Angus Orford (executive); Bob Burns (director); Esmahan Razavi (director); Hailey Zhu (director); Jacqueline Goodwin (director); Ned Pratt (director); Rani Dhaliwal (director); Heather Davidson (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fathers of Confederation Buildings Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121807929RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.