Nightwood Theatre Company
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 123709339RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($910,071) as filed with the CRA.
Nightwood Theatre Company is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $909K in revenue and $910K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 38% from government, 25% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $275K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,000 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to Tapestry Music Theatre. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
1) PROVIDE TRAINING FOR WOMEN and gender expansive artists OF ALL AGES. 2) DEVELOP NEW WORK BY WOMEN and gender expansive artists. 3) PROVIDE TRAINING FOR ARTISTS MANAGERS AND PRODUCTION STAFF. 4) PROMOTE EMERGING ARTISTS NATION-WIDE. 5) OUTREACH AND WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF WOMEN’s ISSUES and gender equity 6) Produce Theatrical productions
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $909K | $910K | $565K | $137K | — | $326K |
| 2023 | $718K | $794K | $496K | $99K | — | $327K |
| 2022 | $821K | $811K | $571K | $88K | — | $397K |
| 2021 | $881K | $552K | $315K | $84K | — | $395K |
| 2020 | $702K | $691K | $488K | $41K | — | $62K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,000 to 1 qualified donee:
- Tapestry Music Theatre$2,000
Received $275K from 12 charities:
- Toronto Foundation$70K
- BenefAction Foundation$65K
- Canadahelps Canadon$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$35K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$20K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$5,944
- Nancy's Very Own Foundation$5,000
- The Bulmash-Siegel Private Foundation$5,000
- McLean Smits Family Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,677
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,500
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
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$358K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Edina Cavalli (member at large); Paul Butler (secretary); Jill Schoolenberg (chair); Devin Jarcaig (member at large); Shreya Lathia (treasurer); Janice Nathanson (member at large); Natasha Su Lee Kinnear (member at large); Anthea Chan (member at large); Laura Pomeroy (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nightwood Theatre Company’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 123709339RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.