PTC Playwrights Theatre Centre
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119056463RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($536,323) as filed with the CRA.
PTC Playwrights Theatre Centre is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $490K in revenue and $536K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $55K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We continue to fund nurture and advance canadian playwrights through our wrightspace associates company collaborations writers' blocks and community engagement programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $490K | $536K | $384K | $4,003 | — | $26K |
| 2023 | $476K | $476K | $315K | $3,210 | — | $73K |
| 2022 | $607K | $580K | $388K | $3,298 | — | $73K |
| 2021 | $412K | $392K | $252K | $3,213 | — | $46K |
| 2020 | $413K | $411K | $255K | $14K | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $55K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$284K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Renee Fajardo (secretary); Mark Alan JR. Jernigan (treasurer); Joy Gong (director); Fei Shi (president); Natasha Nadir (director); Mónica Perea (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from PTC Playwrights Theatre Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119056463RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.