Le Theatre Francais de Toronto
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119018588RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,750,462) as filed with the CRA.
Le Theatre Francais de Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 62% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $30K.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Présentation et production de pièces de théâtre. Coproduction de pièces de théâtre et tournées. Organisation d'ateliers de théâtre pour les enfants
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.8M | $1.3M | $56K | — | $832K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.2M | $77K | — | $941K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $55K | — | $837K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $967K | $615K | $62K | — | $766K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $922K | $58K | — | $282K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $30K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$550K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ghislain Caron (directeur administratif); Normand Coté (administrateur); Christian Paquette (administrateur); Fayza Abdallaoui (presidente); Lise Roy (administratrice); Geneviève Lip (vice-présidente); Valérie Carrier (administratrice); Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin (administrateur); Jérôme Rougeot (trésorier); Camille Mauran (administratrice); Karine Ricard (directrice artistique).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Le Theatre Francais de Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119018588RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.