The Story Theatre Productions Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 898928296RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($171,122) as filed with the CRA.
The Story Theatre Productions Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, 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 $132K in revenue and $171K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $203K in 2020 to $132K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Story Theatre is a theatre for young audiences (TYA) company based in Victoria BC (Unceded Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SANEĆ territories). For over 40 years Story Theatre has been inspiring imagination and encouraging literacy with a mandate to create and tour theatre productions that enhance and complement young people’s learning experiences. The principal purpose of the organization is to serve youth and the next generation and all activities programming financial and human resources are committed to serving this specific group. Currently the company commissions new plays written by Canadian play…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $132K | $171K | $110K | — | — | $13K |
| 2023 | $206K | $212K | $143K | — | — | $19K |
| 2022 | $189K | $209K | $209K | $0 | $0 | $25K |
| 2021 | $157K | $151K | $68K | — | — | $45K |
| 2020 | $203K | $191K | $114K | — | — | $39K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $31K from 2 charities:
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$133K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Logan Swain (president); Octavio Zertuche (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Story Theatre Productions Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898928296RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.