Toronto Operetta Theatre
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 122184542RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($412,937) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto Operetta Theatre is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $373K in revenue and $413K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 17% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $74K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
A. The pirates of penzance by w. S. Gilbert & arthur sullivan a. The merry widow by franz lehar c. El huésped del sevillano by jacinto guerrero fundraising events: I. Tot cabaret series: vienna mine ii. Tot cabaret series: ira and george gershwin iii. Tot cabaret series: viva la zarzuela
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $373K | $413K | $293K | $2,490 | — | -$48K |
| 2023 | $429K | $433K | $304K | $2,661 | — | -$7,950 |
| 2022 | $204K | $375K | $257K | $2,507 | — | -$3,483 |
| 2021 | $340K | $160K | $62K | $4,871 | — | $168K |
| 2020 | $332K | $330K | $253K | $856 | — | -$11K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $74K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$21K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Parandis Tajbakhsh (president); Maria-Dolores Gonzalez (baord member); Mary-Anne Sait (board member); Cristina Trillo (board member); Alex Kei-Yip Kwok (treasurer); Susannah Kervin (board member); Naomi J. Oliphant (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto Operetta Theatre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122184542RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.