Red Sky Performance Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 893132100RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,326,896) as filed with the CRA.
Red Sky Performance Inc. is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $126K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions 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 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $772K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Red sky is a dynamic company shaping contemporary aboriginal performances in theatre dance and music. It creates develops and produces original works connects world indigenous cultures and charts unexplored cultural links with peoples from around the world. Red sky is committed to creating new works for both adult and family audiences on local national and international stages. With a fresh approach to artistic programming and cultural diversity red sky strengthens the health creativity and innovation of first nations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1M | $36K | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.2M | $935K | $33K | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.1M | $855K | $19K | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $670K | $466K | — | — | $532K |
| 2020 | $772K | $719K | $490K | — | — | $151K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $126K from 5 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$79K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hillary Thatcher (chair); Aron Fitzgerald (treasurer); Don Kavanaugh (director); Karen Tisch (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Red Sky Performance Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893132100RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.