The Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 119129302RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($15,412,785) as filed with the CRA.
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $16.5M in revenue and $15.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 18% from government. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.5M.
Compared with 39 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 65 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
The RWB has three focuses: 1. Perform classical and modern dance to audiences 2. Provide dance instruction to individuals pursuing professional dance careers 3. Provide dance instruction to individuals pursuing dance in a recreation capacity (fun fitness etc.)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16.5M | $15.4M | $13.9M | $565K | $0 | $8.2M |
| 2023 | $14M | $14.6M | $12.8M | $229K | $0 | $7.6M |
| 2022 | $22.4M | $11M | $7.9M | $159K | $0 | $8.6M |
| 2021 | $11.9M | $9.4M | $9M | $391K | $0 | $7M |
| 2020 | $11.4M | $11.6M | $10.1M | $365K | $0 | $4.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3.5M from 28 charities:
- The Winnipeg Foundation$1.6M
- Manitoba Arts Council$820K
- Winnipeg Arts Council Inc.$338K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$300K
- Manitoba Arts Council$130K
- Cidel Foundation$100K
- Cidel Foundation$93K
- The Asper Foundation$75K
- Manitoba Arts Council$15K
- The Calgary Foundation$8,382
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$8,183
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,501
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$7,000
- The Ernst Hansch Foundation Inc.$7,000
- Price Family Foundation Inc.$5,000
- The Pollard Family Foundation Inc.$3,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,544
- Abundance Canada$1,500
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$1,000
- Lawton Partners Charitable Giving Foundation Inc.$1,000
- The Ernst Hansch Foundation Inc.$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$850
- Red River College Polytechnic$800
- University Womens Club of Winnipeg Scholarship Fund$300
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
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions65
- Total compensation, all staff$5.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Beverley Davies; Don Leitch (board chair); Tara Letwiniuk; Dwight Macaulay; John Osler (vice chair); Rebecca Parkinson; Tara Snider; Lorraine Yau; Trudy Schroeder; Rick Singh; Ernest Cholakis; Jason Gorchynski (audit committee chair); Maureen Kinnear; Wayne Mackelson; Natalie Richardson.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119129302RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.