Modern Times Stage Players of Toronto
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 141116004RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($270,994) as filed with the CRA.
Modern Times Stage Players of Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $231K in revenue and $271K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,353.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Modern Times Stage Company presents a minimum of one theatrical production each year open to the public and hires actors designers stage managers and other members of the theatrical profession. Modern Times Stage Company also offers reduced price and/or free presentations to the public each year. Modern Times Stage Company keeps works in the repertoire and restages and tours those production when appropriate. Modern Times Stage Company does not have a full-time repertory company but has a core of theatre artists - actors designers and stage managers - that work frequently with the company…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $231K | $271K | $233K | $15K | — | $17K |
| 2023 | $345K | $299K | $231K | $21K | — | $57K |
| 2022 | $227K | $334K | $278K | $1,534 | — | $10K |
| 2021 | $244K | $148K | $97K | $2,136 | — | $120K |
| 2020 | $182K | $123K | $83K | $1,729 | — | $25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,353 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Diana Manole (director); Samir Dossal (director); Erin Jones (chair); Ahad Lakhani (treasurer); Jacqueline Maxwell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Modern Times Stage Players of Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 141116004RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.