Prologue to the Performing Arts
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119105476RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,608,829) as filed with the CRA.
Prologue to the Performing Arts is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 23% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 95% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $937K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The charity aims to enrich the lives of children and youth through (1) connecting them and educators to the work of various companies and artists in schools and public venues (I.e. School libraries and communities across ontario) (2) advocating for equal access to the art as a fundamental part of their education by administrating and allocating funds and (3) collaborating with artists to present a wide range of engaging and accessible programming including a cultural and art performances workshops and programming.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $971 | — | $370K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $9,331 | — | $399K |
| 2022 | $877K | $835K | $735K | $661 | — | $327K |
| 2021 | $817K | $693K | $611K | $3,207 | — | $285K |
| 2020 | $937K | $917K | $889K | $4,043 | — | $162K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $35K from 3 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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$330K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aida Aydinyan (director); Britta Badour (director); Charity Chan (chair); Daryl Deebrah (interim vice chair); Shannon Dewar (secretary); Julie Hanson (director); Karin Kazakevich (director); Isa Haran (interim treasurer); Tim Walker (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Prologue to the Performing Arts’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119105476RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.