Old Trout Puppet Workshop Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 867021529RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($677,956) as filed with the CRA.
Old Trout Puppet Workshop Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $673K in revenue and $678K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $397K in 2020 to $673K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Puppet workshops and performances for educational purposes
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $673K | $678K | $595K | — | — | $140K |
| 2023 | $706K | $641K | $561K | — | — | $142K |
| 2022 | $860K | $835K | $771K | — | — | $120K |
| 2021 | $399K | $358K | $300K | $0 | $0 | $94K |
| 2020 | $397K | $393K | $347K | $35 | — | $53K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$83K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Greg Francis (director); Leanne Duke (treasurer); Jason Howse (director); James Davidge (director); Lara King (president); Andrea Shalanski (secretary); Duval Lang (past president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Old Trout Puppet Workshop Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867021529RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.