Playwrights Guild of Canada
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107849101RR0001 · National Arts Service Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($508,014) as filed with the CRA.
Playwrights Guild of Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under national arts service organizations. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $509K in revenue and $508K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Represent the interests of professional playwrights and promote their worknationally and internationally. Activities include the following: Publish newsletters make plays available to the public promote Canadian plays facilitate performances of members' work and advocacy.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $509K | $508K | $367K | $12K | — | $296K |
| 2023 | $898K | $899K | $784K | $11K | — | $295K |
| 2022 | $491K | $489K | $441K | $11K | — | $309K |
| 2021 | $560K | $418K | $378K | $141 | — | $307K |
| 2020 | $524K | $504K | $466K | — | — | $165K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $25K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$293K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris Tolley (president); Alexandria Haber (vice president); Wren Brian (treasurer); Amiel Gladstone (director); Keith Barker (director); Jamie Bradley (director); Adrienne Wong (director); Marcia Johnson (director); David Butler (director); Jamie Robinson (director); Debbie Patterson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Playwrights Guild of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107849101RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.