Ghost River Theatre Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 869566745RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($377,497) as filed with the CRA.
Ghost River Theatre Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $376K in revenue and $377K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 48% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% 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.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Ghost River Theatre’s artistic mandate is to approach the creation of live performance in the spirit of collaboration – devising and presenting original Canadian theatre that is innovative accessible and highly theatrical. Our productions address challenging contemporary and topical issues and themes while emphasizing the personal human experience. Ongoing programs include developing and workshopping new original devised theatre works and immersive artistic experiences providing devised theatre workshops for emerging and professional artists and presenting completed theatre productions a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $376K | $377K | $239K | $16K | — | $174K |
| 2023 | $702K | $884K | $282K | $42K | — | -$13K |
| 2022 | $336K | $383K | $238K | $36K | — | $168K |
| 2021 | $373K | $346K | $199K | $8,435 | — | $200K |
| 2020 | $439K | $338K | $106K | $6,742 | — | $188K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
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$139K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hafiz Damji (chair); Amanda Nixon (secretary); Inna Lazman (director); Nathan Pronyshyn (director); Collette Quinn-Hall (director); Douglas Stretch (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ghost River Theatre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869566745RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.