L'Illusion Theatre de Marionnettes
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 119019800RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($718,849) as filed with the CRA.
L'Illusion Theatre de Marionnettes is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $723K in revenue and $719K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,875.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $452K in 2020 to $723K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
S'appuyant sur 40 ans de recherche et de création l'illusion a développé une expertise distinctive en théâtre de marionnettes. Ses créations rayonnent sur la scène locale nationale et internationale. Ses activités de médication culturelle permettent aux jeunes de tous horizons de développer leurs compétences artisiques sociales émotionnelles et académiques. Ancrée à montréal la compagnie développe un espacec unique de création et d e diffusion dédié aux arts de la marionnette où le jeune spectateur a une place de choix.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $723K | $719K | $670K | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $414K | $429K | $390K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $460K | $476K | $440K | $290 | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $583K | $410K | $366K | $589 | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $452K | $461K | — | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,875 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$302K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daniel Adam (president); Melissa Bazin (vice presidente); Jean-Francois Lamarche (tresorier); Stephanie Baran (administrateur); Sabrina Baran (administrateur); Kim-Olivier Roy (administrateur); Alexandre Provencher Seers (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from L'Illusion Theatre de Marionnettes’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119019800RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.