Theatre Aquarius Incorporated
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 119213957RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($5,749,062) as filed with the CRA.
Theatre Aquarius Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $5.7M in revenue and $5.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 14% from government. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $442K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $3,000 in 2024, the largest being $500 to Hamilton Regional Indian Centre. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.5M in 2020 to $5.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Accessible live professional theatre theatre school provide space to support local artists and events new play development apprenticeships free student performances building tours lobby displays to enhance experience
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.7M | $5.7M | $3.9M | $236K | $3,000 | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $4.6M | $5.1M | $3.7M | $386K | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $2.8M | $1.5M | $232K | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $712K | $99K | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $3.5M | $3.7M | $3M | $446K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,000 to 6 qualified donees:
Received $442K from 15 charities:
- Incite Foundation for the Arts$265K
- The Slaight Family Foundation$50K
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$42K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- The Marvin Barnett Memorial Family Foundation$20K
- The Arthur and Margaret Weisz Family Foundation$15K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$8,150
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,043
- Canada Gives$3,500
- Abundance Canada$2,500
- The Peter and Eleanor Daniels Foundation$2,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,696
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$500
- The Art Gallery of Hamilton—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gregg Crealock (director); Christine Gorgi (secretary); Annette Hamm (chair); Tom Jackson (director); Pauline Kajiura (treasurer); Cameron Kroetsch (director); Paul Lakin (director); Asif Lasani (director); Ruth Liebersbach (vice chair); Kris Noakes (director); Shane Pennells (director); Michelle Rodney-Bartalos (director); Mark Tadeson (director); Peral Veenema (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Theatre Aquarius Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119213957RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.