Theatre Scapegoat Carnivale
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 815568480RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($146,869) as filed with the CRA.
Theatre Scapegoat Carnivale is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $133K in revenue and $147K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 64% from government, 19% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $32K in 2020 to $133K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Scapegoat Carnivale is an award-winning theatre company reflecting the diverse talents and extraordinary creativity of the Montreal artistic community presenting contemporary work with an emphasis on education and community outreach. Our aesthetic interest is in the carnivalesque and the highly theatrical. Whether producing new works or adaptations from the classical repertoire we strive for theatre to be an unruly visceral and authentic shared experience.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $133K | $147K | $138K | $93 | — | $34K |
| 2023 | $179K | $162K | $151K | $111 | — | $48K |
| 2022 | $95K | $94K | $83K | — | — | $31K |
| 2021 | $38K | $34K | $29K | — | — | $30K |
| 2020 | $32K | $14K | $11K | — | — | $26K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$12K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elsa Bolam (director); Jon Rondeau (vice president); Lindsay-Dora Germain (president); Léa De Santis (secretary); Luciana Burcheri (treasurer); Roumpini Nikolopoulou (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Theatre Scapegoat Carnivale’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815568480RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.