Up in the Air Theatre Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 884972712RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($402,929) as filed with the CRA.
Up in the Air Theatre Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $428K in revenue and $403K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 88% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $267K in 2020 to $428K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1.provide workshops in performing arts including new play development workshops free and open to the public free public readings of new plays and educational workshops 2.creation and prodcution arts including a festival of new works as well as stand-alone productions
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $428K | $403K | $311K | $1,032 | — | $44K |
| 2023 | $407K | $404K | $352K | $125 | — | $19K |
| 2022 | $336K | $334K | $303K | — | — | $16K |
| 2021 | $320K | $317K | $287K | — | $250 | $15K |
| 2020 | $267K | $266K | $237K | $1,135 | — | $12K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $23K from 3 charities:
- Y.P. Heung Foundation$17K
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,542
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$65K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Nathaniel Lyman (president); Maria Denholme (vice-president); Jason Laidlaw (treasurer); Jenn Hogg (secretary); Danielle Barkley (first director); Emma Lancaster (first director); Amelia Nezil (first director); Anjela Magpantay (mentored emerging director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Up in the Air Theatre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 884972712RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.