Neptune Theatre Foundation
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 119053502RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,362,795) as filed with the CRA.
Neptune Theatre Foundation is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $8.7M in revenue and $9.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 7% from government. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $279K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.4M in 2020 to $8.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
Professional theatre presentations youth theatre schools
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.7M | $9.4M | $7.4M | $41K | — | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $7.4M | $8M | $6.3M | $51K | — | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $4.1M | — | — | — | $3.7M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $2.3M | — | — | — | $4M |
| 2020 | $5.4M | $6.9M | — | — | — | $4.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $279K from 15 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$144K
- J and W Murphy Foundation$25K
- Craig Foundation$25K
- RBC Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$13K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$10K
- Black Family Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$6,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,100
- Canada Gives$2,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$2,000
- The Spatz Foundation$1,000
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$104
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$5.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patricia Arab (director); Catherine Bagnell Styles (vice president); Stella Balfour (director); Kelly Boudreau (director); Mary Clancy (director); Krista Grant (director); Shani Hamilton-Greenlaw (director); Alexandra Harris (director); Leslie Hawco (treasurer); April Howe (director); Tracey Jones-Grant (director); Paul Laberge (chair); Brynn Leard (director); Scott McGraw (director); Erin McSorely (director); Jerid Watton (director); Lauren Wu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Neptune Theatre Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119053502RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.