Tarragon Theatre
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119208700RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,208,333) as filed with the CRA.
Tarragon Theatre is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 33% from government, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $315K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Tarrgon theater creates develops and produces new canadian theatre that illuminates the diversity and complexsity of the conteporary human experence. Tarragon trains and supports new generation emerging and established artist theorug extensive residencies flexible play development programs and substantial producing capabilities ; and fosters relationships with artists in other theatrical presents new plays from across canada revives significant canadian plays and produces international work conteporary and classsical .
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $3.2M | $2.8M | $60K | $33K | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $3.4M | $3.1M | $75K | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.4M | $2M | $76K | — | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $54K | $5,300 | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $2.7M | $2.3M | $64K | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $315K from 20 charities:
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$110K
- The Bulmash-Siegel Private Foundation$48K
- Kingfisher Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$20K
- Steve and Sally Stavro Family Foundation$16K
- Steve and Sally Stavro Family Foundation$16K
- Abundance Canada$6,500
- The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation$5,000
- The McLean Foundation$5,000
- The Scott Griffin Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$4,000
- Toronto Foundation$4,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,800
- The Racioppo Family Foundation$1,000
- Rozsa Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$880
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$570
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$440
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elaine Stravo (director); Adam Bryk (president); Laurence Siegel (director); Anne Bermonte (director); Naomi Brown (director); Katherine Pollock (director); Heather Yamoh (director); Walter Yim (director); James Buchanon (director); Naguib Keval (director); Caroline O'Brien (director); Mike Payette (artistic director); Lisa LI (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tarragon Theatre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119208700RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.