Ruby Slippers Productions Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 890921794RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($313,580) as filed with the CRA.
Ruby Slippers Productions Society 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $256K in revenue and $314K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from government, 29% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $77K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We provide professional theatre and offer free and greatly subsidized performances to the public. We provide free to the public: workshops & discussion forums with professional theatre artists open rehearsals and play readings. We maintain a playwright-in-residence program to develop new plays for our community and commission translations of Quebecois works to share with English-speaking audiences. We create and disseminate a theatre e-Magazine free to the public. We present local theatre productions nationally and present productions from other parts of the country.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $256K | $314K | $233K | $10K | — | $76K |
| 2023 | $290K | $302K | $219K | $10K | — | $134K |
| 2022 | $262K | $243K | $175K | $11K | — | $146K |
| 2021 | $184K | $118K | $85K | — | — | $90K |
| 2020 | $174K | $138K | $96K | $5,124 | — | $24K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $77K from 3 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$72K
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,960
- The Hamber Foundation$1,800
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$60K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Larisse Campbell (secretary); Monice Peter (director at large); Vivian Davidson (president); Lynne Lee (treasurer); Jennifer Malcolm (director at large); Marie Rivard (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ruby Slippers Productions Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890921794RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.