The Theatre Museum Corporation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 891386146RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($443,904) as filed with the CRA.
The Theatre Museum Corporation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $525K in revenue and $444K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 5% from government, 44% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $243K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $157K in 2020 to $525K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The theatre museum corporation canada's theatre museum fosters public awareness of our performing arts heritage with online and in-person programming including exhibitions public learning events and caring for artifacts in its collection.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $525K | $444K | $332K | $75K | — | $812K |
| 2023 | $327K | $307K | $261K | $17K | — | $730K |
| 2022 | $101K | $163K | $152K | $6,307 | — | $710K |
| 2021 | $211K | $164K | $138K | $3,956 | — | $771K |
| 2020 | $157K | $142K | $113K | $3,444 | — | $724K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $243K from 11 charities:
- The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation$135K
- Judy and Wilmot Matthews Foundation$50K
- The McLean Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$6,000
- McLean Smits Family Foundation$5,000
- The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation$3,000
- Clench House Foundation$3,000
- Kingfisher Foundation$2,500
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$1,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$155K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Robertson (president); Kate Barris (vice president/secretary); Curtis Barlow (vice president); Adrian Macdonald (director); Andrew Moodie (director); Barbara Jesson (director); Janis Barlow (director); Martin Ship (director); Rita Karakas (director); Paul Kennedy (director); Ashley Mamchur (treasurer); Margaret McGuffin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Theatre Museum Corporation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891386146RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.