Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc.
Charitable organization · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 119057826RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,493,222) as filed with the CRA.
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc. is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $809K in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 24% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $66K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $4.9M in 2020 to $809K in 2024.
In its own words
Producing contemporary and traditional productions of plays by shakespeare and his contemporaries performed by professional artists on the banks of the south saskatchewan river in saskatoon. Over 120 volunteers put in over 2000 hours of volunteer work in 2023. Providing special performances for at-risk youth and families providing workshops and discussions post-show on selected performances. Providing a community stage for musical visual literary and performance artists and community groups to share their talents. Working in partnership with the saskatchewan writer's guild to present live …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $809K | $1.5M | $1.1M | $35K | — | $3.8M |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.4M | $1.1M | $39K | — | $4.5M |
| 2022 | $959K | $1.5M | $1.1M | $33K | — | $4.9M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $1.6M | $3,102 | $66K | $5.4M |
| 2020 | $4.9M | $484K | $209K | $3,481 | — | $5.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $66K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$431K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119057826RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.