The Great Canadian Theatre Corporation
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119235836RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,233,631) as filed with the CRA.
The Great Canadian Theatre Corporation is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under 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 $1.9M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 56% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Belong Ottawa. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Gctc's legal name is great canadian theatre corporation and it is a federally incorporated not-for-profit corporation set up to deliver programs for the benefit of the public good. Gctc is also a registered charity (119235836rr0001) which allows the company to issue tax receipts for donations. Great canadian theatre company has successfully produced professional contemporary english-language theatre in ottawa since 1975. Our mandate to produce theatre that examines 'canadian life and our place in the world' provides a different perspective and makes us unique in our city. With over 84 world pr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $2.2M | $1.6M | $72K | $10K | -$811K |
| 2023 | $2M | $2.3M | $1.8M | $61K | — | -$459K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.4M | $64K | — | -$97K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.4M | $805K | $55K | — | -$199K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.4M | $62K | — | -$597K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 1 qualified donee:
- Belong Ottawa$10K
Received $20K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Aylward (director); Wendy Berkelaar (director); Natasha Chettiar (director); Krista El-Khoury (director); Maya Fernandez (director); John Kirkwood (director); Tara Patterson (director); Alison Spiers (treasurer); Alison Lantos (director); Lucy Coren (director); Carmelle Cachero (secretary); Jacqui Du Toit (director); Hoori Hamboyan (director); Genevieve Therrien (director); Mohamad Barakat (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Great Canadian Theatre Corporation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119235836RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.