The Grand Theatre
Charitable organization · London, Ontario · BN 119214278RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($9,150,661) as filed with the CRA.
The Grand Theatre is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $9.1M in revenue and $9.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 14% from government, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $482K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $264K in 2024, the largest being $264K to The Grand Theatre Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6M in 2020 to $9.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Production and presentation of Dance Theatre and Music supplemented by Fundraising Activities to augment the theatre's resources
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.1M | $9.2M | $1.5M | — | — | $45K |
| 2023 | $7.5M | $7.8M | $6.9M | $243K | — | $318K |
| 2022 | $5.3M | $5.7M | $5M | $216K | $0 | $598K |
| 2021 | $5.2M | $5.2M | $4.5M | $86K | — | $585K |
| 2020 | $6M | $6.1M | $5.9M | $133K | — | $580K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $264K to 1 qualified donee:
- The Grand Theatre Foundation$264K
Received $482K from 18 charities:
- London Community Foundation$370K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$37K
- The London Jewish Community Foundation$21K
- Smith Family Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$8,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,588
- The Jack and Barbara Hay Foundation$5,070
- Smith Family Foundation$5,000
- Smith Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,264
- Crawford Macleod Foundation$2,500
- Toronto Foundation$2,000
- Smith Family Foundation$1,700
- Abundance Canada$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
- Gerald C Baines Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$505
- Oxford Community Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,99921 positions
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$5.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ron Koudys (director); George Kerhoulas (president); Anne Toal (secretary); Alexis Gordon (director); Anita Shah (president); Robert Sokol (director); Matt Parr (director); Blair Fantillo (director); Jennifer Ho (director); Christopher Alleyne (director); Nicole Blanchett; William Assini (treasurer); Carl Cadogan (director); Jamie Campbell (director); Jane Scholes; Robert Bierbaum (director); Jennie Kraehling (director); Jennifer Slay (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Grand Theatre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119214278RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.