Garden City Productions
Charitable organization · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 131801128RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($213,096) as filed with the CRA.
Garden City Productions is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $232K in revenue and $213K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $97K in 2020 to $232K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Produce theatrical productions during the fiscal period enabling the company to teach theatre arts to members of the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $232K | $213K | $208K | $164 | — | $315K |
| 2023 | $139K | $142K | $132K | $1,514 | — | $296K |
| 2022 | $11K | $38K | $34K | — | — | $299K |
| 2021 | $12K | $36K | $33K | — | — | $326K |
| 2020 | $97K | $100K | $89K | — | — | $350K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jean Wesley (publicity); Marilyn Smalko (president/funding); Mike Cipryk (vice-president); Robert Spadoni (treasurer/social); Linda Gonschior (props/website); Katlyn Jarrett (memberships/costumes); Tim Mudge (building); Laurie Briggs (secretary); Robert Mellway (publicity/sponsorships).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Garden City Productions’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131801128RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.