Odyssey Theatre
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119071140RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($372,622) as filed with the CRA.
Odyssey Theatre is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $377K in revenue and $373K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 62% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $33K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Public performances of theatre; demonstration of theatre arts for youth; creation of new Canadian plays; performances at community events public parks and online; public readings of plays; theatre training; apprenticeships for youth; public theatre workshops.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $377K | $373K | $313K | $929 | $0 | $199K |
| 2023 | $419K | $410K | $355K | $2,256 | $0 | $75K |
| 2022 | $344K | $346K | $295K | $1,282 | $0 | $174K |
| 2021 | $380K | $292K | $248K | $1,234 | $0 | $176K |
| 2020 | $375K | $243K | $190K | $1,496 | — | $89K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $33K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$141K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Forster (chair); Laurie Steven (artistic director (ex-officio)); Deborah Ironside (director donor relations); Aneesh Murali (director); QiLin (Mlin) Jia (treasurer); Andrea Salas (secretary); Heather Cayouette (director board governance); Gautam Subra (corporate partnerships).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Odyssey Theatre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119071140RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.