Siminovitch Theatre Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 822317160RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($610,443) as filed with the CRA.
Siminovitch Theatre Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $592K in revenue and $610K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations, 46% from other charities. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $292K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $180K in 2020 to $592K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The Siminovitch Prize Foundation celebrates inspires convenes and connects theatre artists on a national stage across disciplines geography and language groups. Its portfolio of programs helps groundbreaking artists thrive creatively and economically by furthering their craft through financial support profile-building mentorship networking and skill building. The Siminovitch Prize the organization's signature program acknowledges professional artists whose theatre work is transformative and influential.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $592K | $610K | $502K | $53K | — | $195K |
| 2023 | $483K | $513K | $437K | $4,405 | — | $213K |
| 2022 | $470K | $433K | $345K | $347 | — | $253K |
| 2021 | $359K | $351K | $295K | — | — | $216K |
| 2020 | $180K | $185K | $159K | $540 | — | $208K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $292K from 20 charities:
- The Purpleville Foundation$110K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- The Palmer Family Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Kingfisher Foundation$15K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$10K
- The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation$10K
- Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation$10K
- The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation$10K
- The Birks Family Foundation$10K
- THE IRA GLUSKIN AND MAXINE GRANOVSKY GLUSKIN CHARITABLE FOUNdation$10K
- Rozsa Foundation$5,000
- The K M Hunter Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,000
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$3,500
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,000
- Walter and Duncan Gordon Charitable Foundation$2,000
- The Bulmash-Siegel Private Foundation$800
- The Minett Foundation$250
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$183K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gillian Evans (director); George Thomson (chair); Susan Lightstone (director); Briony Glassco (vice-chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Siminovitch Theatre Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822317160RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.