Fringe Theatre Adventures Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 118853506RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($6,199,441) as filed with the CRA.
Fringe Theatre Adventures Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $5.7M in revenue and $6.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $123K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Fringe theatre adventures society presents the 11 day edmonton international fringe festival in august each year as well as a season of performing arts called the fringe theatre season and fringe theatre spotlight. The society also manages and operates a community arts facility called the fringe theatre arts barn.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.7M | $6.2M | $5.6M | $17K | — | $224K |
| 2023 | $4.8M | $5.1M | $4.8M | $70K | — | $718K |
| 2022 | $3.5M | $3.2M | — | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $1.9M | $1.6M | $64K | — | $147K |
| 2020 | $5.4M | $5.5M | $5.1M | $15K | — | $147K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $123K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Krista Nelson-Marciano (chair); Elizabeth Hammell (vice chair); Neil Matheson (treasurer); Jesse Yuen (secretary); Shivani Naidu-Barrett (past chair); Shauna Scott (director); Kevin Fitzgerald (director); Christina Froberg (director); Laura Johnson (director); Jessica King (director); Andrea Steen (director); Audrey Kotelniski (director); Tamra Simons (director); Dean Welke (director); Gilles Prefontaine (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fringe Theatre Adventures Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118853506RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.