Summerworks Theatre Festival
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 888532231RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures (—) as filed with the CRA.
Summerworks Theatre Festival is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $611K in revenue.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $93K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Summerworks is Canada's largest curated performance festival of theatre dance music and live art.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $611K | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $166K | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $589K | $541K | $364K | — | — | $64K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $93K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$273K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charity Chan (chair); Suzanne Cheriton (director); Sarah Gillet (director); Hannah Lank (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Summerworks Theatre Festival’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888532231RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.