The Belfry Theatre Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 119215549RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,125,143) as filed with the CRA.
The Belfry Theatre Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $3.2M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 33% from government, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $163K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The Belfry offers a mainstage season of theatrical productions and presentations. We also present a new works festival which showcases theatre from across Canada including local artists. We develop new work through commissions dramaturgical consultations and writing workshops. Our outreach programs include Belfry 101 an intensive workshop for high school students regular conversations at the University of Victoria introducing theatre students to the professional world B4play an in-depth examination of themes and concepts within each production and post-show audience talkbacks. We offer a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $3.1M | $2.6M | $149K | — | $3M |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $2.4M | $156K | — | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.3M | $162K | — | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $189K | $365K | $311K | $10K | — | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $2.3M | $170K | — | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $163K from 13 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$119K
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- Maitland Family Foundation$5,000
- Charlton L Smith Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,297
- Westerkirk Foundation$3,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,250
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$1,639
- Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta$1,200
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$750
- BenefAction Foundation$500
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
- $40,000–79,99912 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Belfry Theatre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119215549RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.