The Bata Shoe Museum Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119215168RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,944,749) as filed with the CRA.
The Bata Shoe Museum Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $9.8M in revenue and $3.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.3M in 2020 to $9.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The charity acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits material evidence related to the history of footwear and shoe-making for the purpose of study education and enjoyment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.8M | $3.9M | $3.1M | $0 | — | $67.8M |
| 2023 | $7M | $3.4M | $2.6M | $0 | $0 | $61.9M |
| 2021 | $17.1M | $2.2M | $1.7M | $1,159 | — | $63M |
| 2020 | $5.3M | $2.4M | $2M | $372 | — | $48M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christine Bata Schmidt (chairman); David Bowden (director); Georgina Steinsky (director); Alexandra Weston (director); Anjli Patel (director); Leslie Tenebaum (secretary); Victoria Marshall (director); Dawn Maracle (director); Katherine Graham Debost (director); Charles Pignal (director); Liam Randhawa (director); Arati Sharma (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bata Shoe Museum Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119215168RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.