The Stratford Arts Foundation
Charitable organization · Stratford, Ontario · BN 878197417RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($697,972) as filed with the CRA.
The Stratford Arts Foundation is a charitable organization based in Stratford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $770K in revenue and $698K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 39% from donations, 34% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $153K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $479K in 2020 to $770K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the charity is to establish maintain and operate cultural projects and particularly a summer music fesitval in the city of stratford.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $770K | $698K | $338K | $99K | — | $251K |
| 2023 | $599K | $645K | $329K | $108K | — | $179K |
| 2022 | $774K | $714K | — | — | — | $337K |
| 2021 | $627K | $522K | — | — | — | $172K |
| 2020 | $479K | $363K | $247K | $15K | — | $67K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $153K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$55K
- Canadahelps Canadon$55K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$26K
- The Rotary Club of Festival City Stratford Foundation$7,500
- Canada Gives$7,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,380
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- London Community Foundation$250
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$192K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Taylor Briscoe (director); Andrea Feddema (director); Helen Friedman (director); Monique Hancock (director); Andrew Hilton (director); Robert Lemon (secretary/treasurer); Jessica Leney (director); Michael Lutzmann (director); Jean Anne McLeod (diirector); Martin Ritsma (director); Barbara Smith (vice-chair); Diane Wolfenden (director); Jeremy Wreford (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Stratford Arts Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 878197417RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.