The Regent Theatre Foundation
Charitable organization · Picton, Ontario · BN 119113678RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($883,516) as filed with the CRA.
The Regent Theatre Foundation is a charitable organization based in Picton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $957K in revenue and $884K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 25% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $84K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $478K in 2020 to $957K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The regent theatre foundation owns and operates the regent theatre in picton a heritage structure and community asset. It provides programming and promotes the theatre as a self-sustaining centre for arts cultural and community events. The foundation will develop the finest possible facility for all the performing arts year round. It will be self supporting and a source of pride for the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $957K | $884K | $382K | $14K | — | $598K |
| 2023 | $728K | $746K | $358K | $36K | — | $571K |
| 2022 | $609K | $538K | $284K | $8,938 | — | $589K |
| 2021 | $533K | $389K | $173K | $5,692 | — | $469K |
| 2020 | $478K | $356K | — | — | — | $325K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $84K from 8 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$45K
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- BenefAction Foundation$5,500
- The Calgary Foundation$5,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,000
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$4,744
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,156
- Rotary Club of Picton Charitable Trust$1,039
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$177K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rick Szabo (treasurer); Ben Thornton (member); Peter Sage (chair); Karen Valihora (member); Peter Wismath (secretary); Isobel Gomez-Moriana (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Regent Theatre Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119113678RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.