The Swallow-A-Bicycle Theatre Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 837373489RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($247,370) as filed with the CRA.
The Swallow-A-Bicycle Theatre Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $237K in revenue and $247K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $509.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $111K in 2020 to $237K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre is committed to producing theatrical performances professional development workshops and fostering community partnerships to advance the appreciation of the arts in broad and diverse populations. In the 2023-24 season we deepened our engagement in equity-focused initiatives and strengthened our organizational structure. With consultants' guidance we refined our Vision Mission Mandate and Values formally adopting a Co-Artistic Director model which we celebrated at our Launch Party. We also introduced new policies and care practices including a health care p…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $237K | $247K | $144K | $2,918 | $0 | $4,149 |
| 2023 | $207K | $202K | $60K | $2 | $0 | $14K |
| 2022 | $146K | $189K | $101K | $0 | $150 | $9,288 |
| 2021 | $157K | $127K | $69K | $0 | $0 | $53K |
| 2020 | $111K | $94K | $52K | $2,965 | $0 | $23K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $509 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$118K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eva Verity (president); Adele Chui (secretary); Sarah Vandaiyar (vice president); Ziyana Kotadia (treasurer); Lindsay Amantea (director-at-large); Priska Ouko (director-at-large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Swallow-A-Bicycle Theatre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 837373489RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.