The National Theatre School of Canada
Charitable organization · Montréal, Quebec · BN 130533979RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,666,062) as filed with the CRA.
The National Theatre School of Canada is a charitable organization based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $13.1M in revenue and $12.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 43% from government. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $511K.
Compared with 39 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 61 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.2M in 2020 to $13.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Activités de formation professionnelle dans toutes les disciplines du théâtre: interprétation écriture dramatique mise en scène production et scénographie. Fonds de bourse constitués au fil des ans dont les revenus de placement sont distribués aux étudiants (ainsi que des bourses directes). Fonds de chaire de mise en scène et en écriture dramatique dont les revenus générés permettent la réalisation de projets spéciaux. Autres fonds créées afin de supporter des projets spéciaux: fonds de création et technologie; Fonds Philippe-Casgrain (voix et diction) Fonds Suzanne-Grossman (voyages de…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13.1M | $12.7M | $7.1M | $403K | $0 | $52.5M |
| 2023 | $13.8M | $13.2M | $7M | $426K | — | $51.3M |
| 2022 | $9.8M | $11.7M | $6.3M | $183K | — | $49.7M |
| 2021 | $16.3M | $10.8M | $6M | $190K | — | $53.7M |
| 2020 | $8.2M | $9.9M | $6.9M | $47K | — | $47.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $511K from 20 charities:
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$217K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$65K
- Toronto Foundation$40K
- The Birks Family Foundation$30K
- Vancouver Foundation$28K
- The Cole foundation/La Fondation Cole$25K
- THE IRA GLUSKIN AND MAXINE GRANOVSKY GLUSKIN CHARITABLE FOUNdation$20K
- The McLean Foundation$20K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$10K
- Fondation Nicole-Germain$10K
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$8,216
- The Winnipeg Foundation$7,030
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$7,000
- The Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador$5,748
- The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$4,098
- The Chawkers foundation$3,000
- Fondation SSQ Inc.$3,000
- The Hay Foundation/la Fondation Hay$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,900
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions61
- Total compensation, all staff$5.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shawn Cohen (administrateur); Maxime Gagné (président); Anne-Marie Ethier (trésorière); Line Beauchamp (administratrice); Fanny Pagé (directrice générale).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The National Theatre School of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130533979RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.