Theatre of the Beat Inc.
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 819267931RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($227,202) as filed with the CRA.
Theatre of the Beat Inc. is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $224K in revenue and $227K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 47% from government, 32% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $71K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $111K in 2020 to $224K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The charity is a grass roots theatre troupe that presents performances on social justice themes. The charity also gives educations workshops on writing performing and on social justice issues. The charity works at the Grand Valley Institute prison for women teaching acting skills and personal development to inmates.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $224K | $227K | $204K | $1,387 | — | $14K |
| 2023 | $344K | $337K | $303K | $529 | — | $17K |
| 2022 | $129K | — | — | — | — | $9,763 |
| 2021 | $180K | $138K | $102K | $11K | — | $56K |
| 2020 | $111K | $89K | $55K | $7,406 | — | $16K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $71K from 11 charities:
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$17K
- Abundance Canada$17K
- Johansen-Larsen Foundation$10K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$7,000
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$7,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,361
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$3,780
- The Jim and Lorna Blair Charitable Foundation$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$755
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$500
- Danforth Morningside Mennonite Church$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$156K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sara Wahl (chair); Rebecca Steiner (vice chair); Zachary Peters (board member); Funmi Cole (board member); Sukhpreet Sangha (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Theatre of the Beat Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819267931RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.