The Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 127162840RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,670,715) as filed with the CRA.
The Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 23% from government, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $293K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $884K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The Toronto Fringe produces two annual festivals every year. The Toronto Fringe Festival runs the first two weeks of July and presents over 80 productions at venues across the city of Toronto. The festival includes KidsFest which offers 4-6 Theatre for Young Audience productions for children 4-12 years old as well as a KidsFest Club featuring outdoor concerts play areas and daily workshops. It also includes Theatre Entrepreneur Network and Training Program (T.E.N.T) that offers 20 people hands-on experience mentorship and training on how to establish a career in theatre. The Next Stage Th…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $83K | $2,994 | — | $66K |
| 2023 | $222K | $317K | $287K | $2,267 | — | $124K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $5,815 | — | $331K |
| 2021 | $932K | $743K | $580K | $668 | — | $468K |
| 2020 | $884K | $827K | $697K | $1,646 | — | $279K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $293K from 14 charities:
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$78K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$59K
- Kingfisher Foundation$50K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$40K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$15K
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Toronto Foundation$5,000
- Tony Cesaroni Family Foundation$5,000
- McLean Smits Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,705
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,027
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,200
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$522K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kate Supleve (chair); Sherry Yuan Hunter (vice chair); Prerna Mathews (acting treasurer); Boyd Neil (secretary); Denise Ruzage (director); Miquelon Rodriguez (director); Ian Filderman (director); Jayan McPherson (director); Chuck Okonkwo (director); Victoria Barber (director); Nikolas Tsirgielis (director); Avery-Jean Brennan (director); Monica Goyal (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 127162840RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.