Theatre in the Raw Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 888794864RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($29,528) as filed with the CRA.
Theatre in the Raw Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $33K in revenue and $30K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations, 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $338.
Compared with 89 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $68K in 2020 to $33K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Theatre in the raw is engaged in ongoing production and development work towards live theatre production of one-act and full length theatre works and audio dramas and events offering creative opportunities for established and emerging canadian performing artists and writers. The company maintains a roster of dozens of volunteers and associated artists and performers. 2023/2024 included the second part of a short production run of an original play work 'the village girl and the frog king' and the completion of the 13th one-act play writing competition as well as other play development project…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $33K | $30K | $18K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $29K | $27K | $19K | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $26K | $27K | $22K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $26K | $22K | $13K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $68K | $72K | $54K | — | — | -$1,790 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $338 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Beckett (member at large); Sylvan Hamburger (member at large); Janet Janovick (secretary); Faune Johnson (treasurer); Jacques Lalonde (member at large); Maria Lakes (vice president); Paul Manson (chair/president); Mia Zhou (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Theatre in the Raw Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888794864RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.