Guild Festival Theatre
Publicly funded institution · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 817485295RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($419,541) as filed with the CRA.
Guild Festival Theatre is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $386K in revenue and $420K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 54% from government, 11% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $48K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $83K in 2020 to $386K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Building support from the local community-oriented professional theatre in guild park scarborough ontario. Recruiting volunteers from the local community to assist with the summer theatre season.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $386K | $420K | $399K | $6,260 | — | $53K |
| 2023 | $332K | $425K | $399K | — | — | $103K |
| 2022 | $406K | $348K | $65K | — | — | $208K |
| 2021 | $296K | $188K | $47K | — | — | $138K |
| 2020 | $83K | $35K | $35K | — | — | $31K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $48K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$311K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mike Paduada (director); Tim Crouch (director); Vanessa Thompson (director); Rita Zinejda (chair); Gloria Kapuku (treasurer); Stephanie Phoenix (director); Dana Hennigar (director); Abi Sivalingam (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Guild Festival Theatre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 817485295RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.