The Calgary Grand Theatre Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 134483981RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,094,877) as filed with the CRA.
The Calgary Grand Theatre Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,222.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
From July 2023 to June 2024 The GRAND continued to offer subsidized rehearsal and arts incubation space to artists facing financial barriers. This includes a monthly curated cabaret for performance-based artists which was a paid performance opportunity that was open to artists from underserved communities artists who had a financial need and artists who could demonstrate that paid performance could help further their practice. The Grand also continued to offer in-kind exhibition space and art installation to visual artists from the BIPOC and gender diverse communities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $2.1M | $1.2M | $24K | — | -$575K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $2.1M | $1.2M | $22K | — | -$4,159 |
| 2022 | $630K | $1.8M | $1M | $21K | $253 | $1M |
| 2021 | $3.5M | $1.4M | — | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.8M | — | — | — | -$5,605 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,222 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$784K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Quinton Rafuse (vice-chair); Jason McKay (director); Renee Matthews (secretary); Devon LeClair (chair); Akashdeep Gill (treasurer); Samantha Fodor (director); Theo Facchini (director); Patrick Moskwa (director); Taz Weljie (director); Kirsten Schrader (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Calgary Grand Theatre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134483981RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.