Quest Theatre Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 119072163RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($735,283) as filed with the CRA.
Quest Theatre Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $664K in revenue and $735K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from government, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Quest theatre is a professional theatre which tours plays for young audiences throughout alberta. Program areas include 1) touring plays 2) artists in school residencies 3) seasonal drama camps.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $664K | $735K | $398K | $2,581 | — | $266K |
| 2023 | $566K | $621K | $339K | — | — | $337K |
| 2022 | $581K | $559K | $379K | $2,442 | — | $394K |
| 2021 | $165K | $174K | $120K | — | $125 | $357K |
| 2020 | $588K | $557K | $380K | $2,084 | — | $167K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $31K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$294K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joel McNichol (vice chair); Daniel Hawkwood (secretary); Elysa Darling (director); Wancy Wu (treasurer); Chris Gaudet (director); Tanya Anand (chair); Aarn Wennekers (director); Laura Mack (director); Michelle Dulmadge (director); Ali Miller-Chong (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Quest Theatre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119072163RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.