skirtsAfire Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 829377639RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($523,270) as filed with the CRA.
skirtsAfire Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $526K in revenue and $523K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 81% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $322K in 2020 to $526K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We produce SkirtsAfire a theatre and multidisciplinary Arts Festival that features the work of Women in Theatre Music Dance Spoken Word Visual Art Comedy and Cabaret.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $526K | $523K | $401K | $6,357 | — | $163K |
| 2023 | $381K | $333K | $242K | $66 | — | $160K |
| 2022 | $554K | $517K | $433K | $1,255 | — | $113K |
| 2021 | $220K | $191K | $134K | $175 | — | $76K |
| 2020 | $322K | $299K | $239K | $250 | — | $46K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $63K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Treva Swick (director); Lili Chevrier (director); Alicia Fowler (treasurer); Arron Best (vice president); Naomi Lawson-Baird (president); Hemali Boorada (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from skirtsAfire Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 829377639RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.