Persephone Theatre
Charitable organization · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 119091437RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,830,400) as filed with the CRA.
Persephone Theatre is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $29K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Main Stage and Second stage live theatre performances. Programming for youth through the Youth Series Presentations. Persephone subsidizes the ticket price for students as well as working with School Boards who help subsidize classes interested in attending. Persephone continues to tour a production for youth throughout the province of Saskatchewan to schools that are too far away to attend. Persephone Young Company is an advanced youth performance training program which culminates in presenting their newly acquired skills in a final presentation open to the public. Persephone continues …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.8M | $2.7M | $323K | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $3.1M | $1.2M | $324K | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $1.4M | $337K | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.4M | $26K | $67K | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $3.6M | $3.7M | $1M | $88K | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $29K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marla Adams (treasurer); Ross Johnson (director); Rangi Jeerakathil (director); Sherry Peters (director); Gregory Power (director); Terice Coleman (president); Dawn Doherty-Affleck (secretary); Charlene Scrimshaw (director); Cynthia Dyck (vice president); Syed Ahmad (director); Emily Barlas (director); Isabella Thomas (director); Ryan Moccasin (director); James Horsman; Caitrin Hodson; Margot Orr-Stevenson.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Persephone Theatre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119091437RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.