Richmond Gateway Theatre Society
Publicly funded institution · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 119118875RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,493,200) as filed with the CRA.
Richmond Gateway Theatre Society is a charitable organization based in Richmond, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $106K.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Professional performing arts venue offering live theatrical performances performing arts-based community events and education programs plus venue rentals.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.5M | $1.1M | $4,323 | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.4M | $976K | $6,754 | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $608K | $3,640 | — | $939K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $357K | $2,664 | — | $728K |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $1.1M | $7,832 | — | $583K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $106K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Diane Purvey (member at large); Clayton Rubinstein (member at large); Jacqueline Ho (secretary); Kali McAndless (member at large); Debbie Musil (treasurer); Veronica Armstrong (member at large); Jane Fernyhough (chair); Ray Wang (vice chair); Haniya Syed (member at large); Linda Sum (member at large); Neil Ma (member at large); Jennine Punzalan (member at large); Brendan Wing (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Richmond Gateway Theatre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119118875RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.