Pat the Dog Playwright Centre
Publicly funded institution · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 846678514RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($246,791) as filed with the CRA.
Pat the Dog Playwright Centre is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, 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 $288K in revenue and $247K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from government, 34% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $71K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $147K in 2020 to $288K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Pat the dog offers a variety of script development programs tailored to the members from cold readings to intensive workshops complete with actors directors and dramaturgy.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $288K | $247K | $220K | $14K | — | $218K |
| 2023 | $295K | $248K | $214K | $14K | — | $196K |
| 2022 | $289K | $212K | $178K | $13K | — | $149K |
| 2021 | $187K | $154K | $117K | $9,123 | — | $72K |
| 2020 | $147K | $141K | $93K | — | — | $49K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $71K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$70K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kate Pearce (chair); Andrew Houston (vice president); Kristen Wright (secretary & treasurer); Alan Filewood (director at large); Lisa O'Connell (non voting director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pat the Dog Playwright Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846678514RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.