Port Stanley Festival Theatre
Charitable organization · Port Stanley, Ontario · BN 135773604RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,218,483) as filed with the CRA.
Port Stanley Festival Theatre is a charitable organization based in Port Stanley, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $363K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Port Stanley Festival Theatre is a developer of professional live diverse Canadian theatre. We enhance the community experience. Our mandate is to produce appealing summer theatre that highlights Canadian works in drama comedy and musical-comedy along with other celebrated works.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $35K | — | $340K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1M | $910K | $16K | — | $518K |
| 2022 | $987K | $987K | $933K | $443 | — | $507K |
| 2021 | $512K | $512K | $449K | $637 | — | $388K |
| 2020 | $363K | $437K | $359K | $8,749 | — | $275K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $17K 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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$454K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wendy Cowie (president); Dave MacDonald (treasurer); Kathy McNeil (secretary); Lorelei Gloor (director); Sandi Hammond (director); Joy Jackson (compliance officer); Colleen Row (director); Kevin Edwards (director); Christine Higgins (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Port Stanley Festival Theatre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135773604RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.