People Players Inc.
Charitable organization · Etobicoke, Ontario · BN 119090959RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,379,187) as filed with the CRA.
People Players Inc. is a charitable organization based in Etobicoke, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $183K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (11 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
To advance education of menally challenged students of drama and to educate the public on the capabilities of the mentally challenged. Ongoing fundraising campaign consists of 2 direct mailing campaigns during the fiscal year. These campaigns comprise the majority of our individual donations to aid us in our mission. Campaigns: educational & artistic training program artistic endeavours (creating new prod.)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $820K | $46K | — | $3.4M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $834K | $74K | — | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $627K | $75K | — | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $808K | $391K | $28K | — | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $855K | $210K | — | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $183K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$63K
- Canadahelps Canadon$63K
- Toronto Foundation$18K
- Canada Gives$12K
- The Ralph and Rose Chiodo Family Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,000
- Lamb Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,000
- The Calgary Foundation$1,045
- The Ralph and Rose Chiodo Family Foundation$1,000
- Trillium Home of the Ladies Orange Benevolent Association Ofontario$500
- The Kiwanis Club of Riverdale Charitable Foundation$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$104
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99911 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$548K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Patrick Anderson (secretary/director); Chris Korwin-Kuczynski (chairman/director); Gord Dolman (director); Alexander Eidelman (director); Carmen Fata (director); Gregory Macdonald (director); Catherine McKinnon (director); Anthony Alexander (director); Rose Femia (director); David Parks (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from People Players Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119090959RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.