The Sir Christopher Ondaatje Theatre Foundation
Public foundation · Chester, Nova Scotia · BN 834291262RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($46,948) as filed with the CRA.
The Sir Christopher Ondaatje Theatre Foundation is a public foundation based in Chester, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $42K in revenue and $47K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $48.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $34K in 2024, the largest being $34K to Chester Playhouse Society. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $113K in 2020 to $42K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The Sir Christopher Ondaatje Theatre Foundation was registered in 2009 for the purpose of establishing a permanent endowment for the Chester Playhouse. The Foundation receives and maintains funds in order to apply all or a part of the principal and income from time to time in donations to one or more Qualified Donees that support the theatre arts in Canada; including without limitation the Chester Theatre Council Society
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $42K | $47K | — | — | $34K | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $80K | $150K | $0 | — | $137K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $131K | $47K | $34K | — | $34K | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $222K | $141K | — | — | $129K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $113K | $35K | — | — | $24K | $950K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $34K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $48 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robin Gilbert (president); Ross Norman (director); Paul Dyer (director); Susan Patillo (director); Elizabeth Crocker (director); Jeff Somerville (treasurer); Robin Carling (secretary); Sarah Filbee (director); Susan Crocker (director); James Fotheringham (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sir Christopher Ondaatje Theatre Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834291262RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.