The Factory Theatre Lab
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 123533812RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,810,474) as filed with the CRA.
The Factory Theatre Lab is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 45% from government, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $227K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Develop produce and present canadian plays thereby supporting and nourishing the canadian theatre scene playwrights and actors with a focus on supporting artists from diverse communities - provide artists support through development activities such as dramaturgical support playwright residencies youth internships and a new play festival - provide support to toronto's vibrant independent theatre companies
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $77K | — | $531K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $2.3M | $2.1M | $60K | — | $528K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $75K | — | $969K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.2M | $910K | $89K | $2,000 | $1M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $62K | — | $627K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $227K from 11 charities:
- The Racioppo Family Foundation$50K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$40K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$25K
- The Sixty Three Foundation$20K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$20K
- Kingfisher Foundation$10K
- Abundance Canada$5,500
- F. K. Morrow Foundation$3,000
- Toronto Foundation$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$924K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stewart Adams (vice-chair); Sarah Bay-Cheng (director); Joseph Borowiec (director); Alex Boulos (director); Corrado Cioci (director); Laura Firth (treasurer); Grazyna Krupa (director); Jonathan Odumeru (director); Len Racioppo (chair); Ebony Rose (secretary); Susan Sutton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Factory Theatre Lab’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 123533812RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.