The Canadian Stage Corporation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119220028RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($8,215,321) as filed with the CRA.
The Canadian Stage Corporation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $8.5M in revenue and $8.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations, 27% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 33 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $817K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 21 names.
In its own words
Canadian stage produces and presents a series of contemporary performance productions at the bluma appel theatre and the berkeley street theatre. In addition the company producers shakespearean plays every summer in high park on a pay-what-you-can basis. These productions showcase innovative theatre and multi-disciplinary performances from canada and around the world. The company reinforces the presence of canadian art and artists within an international context through work that mirrors the cultural diversity of toronto. Canadian stage has a long-standing commitment to education and enhan…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.5M | $8.2M | $6.6M | $792K | — | $5,358 |
| 2023 | $7.1M | $7.7M | $7.1M | $147K | — | -$284K |
| 2022 | $6.1M | $5.9M | $5.5M | $160K | — | $342K |
| 2021 | $5M | $3.9M | $3.5M | $72K | $5,000 | $161K |
| 2020 | $6M | $5.9M | $5.7M | — | $200 | -$825K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $817K from 33 charities:
- The Sabourin Family Foundation$141K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$99K
- BenefAction Foundation$77K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$71K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$54K
- The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation$50K
- The Polar Foundation$40K
- The Azrieli Foundation$35K
- The Marion Armstrong Charitable Foundation$25K
- The Lawrence Family Foundation$25K
- The Sixty Three Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$18K
- The Krstajic Foundation$18K
- Remembering Otto and Marie Pick Charitable Foundation$10K
- The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation$10K
- The Elizabeth and Tony Comper Foundation$10K
- Tripp/Smith Family Foundation$10K
- The McLean Foundation$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$6,500
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$5,000
- The K M Hunter Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Kingfisher Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,576
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$3.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nimal Amitirigala (director); Sara Angel (director); Navin Bhat (director); David Bronskill (director); Adam Burke (treasurer); Hugh Clark (chair); Rupiner Dhillon (director); Huw Evans (secretary); Paula Fletcher (director); Colin Hennigar (director); Nina Josefowitz (director); Elaine Kierans (director); Frances Mahil (director); Fabio Mascarin (director); Trina McQueen (director); Qasim Mohammed (director); John Montesano (director); Vanessa Pfaff (director); Drew Sinclair (director); Julie Sutherland (director); Vandana Taxali (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canadian Stage Corporation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119220028RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.