The Chop Theatre Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 853179521RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($156,629) as filed with the CRA.
The Chop Theatre Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $148K in revenue and $157K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 75% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The Chop is a Vancouver-based theatre organization that brings together artists to create new works of theatre for audiences locally across Canada and internationally. The organization often works with communities and individuals who are not professional artists but who are members of a particular community (youth elders people from a particular locale) with stories that deserve to be shared. Ongoing Programs include the live and digital showcasing of multiple artistic works for local regional and international audiences and corresponding community outreach programs shaped around each ar…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $148K | $157K | $133K | $0 | $0 | $6,415 |
| 2023 | $142K | — | $122K | $130 | — | $15K |
| 2022 | $62K | $85K | $72K | — | $0 | $15K |
| 2021 | $130K | $116K | $55K | — | — | $37K |
| 2020 | $179K | $168K | $150K | $0 | — | $24K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Bloom (president); Rozemary Webb (treasurer); Ariane Fleishmann (secretary); Conor Wylie (member-at-large); Ruth Siob (member-at-large); Erin Stodola (member-at-large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Chop Theatre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853179521RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.