Westben Arts Festival Theatre Inc
Charitable organization · Campbellford, Ontario · BN 867691743RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,322,850) as filed with the CRA.
Westben Arts Festival Theatre Inc is a charitable organization based in Campbellford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 25% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $79K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $527K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Promotion of knowledge understanding and appreciation of arts and culture; encourage participation in the arts and culture; performance production to promote music and theatre appreciation; promote education and training in the arts through amateur and professional performance opportunities; provision of musical educational opportunities for young people in the community; workshop and seminar sponsorship for the musical and artistic community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $892K | $89K | — | $391K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.3M | $820K | $49K | — | $335K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $714K | $33K | — | $323K |
| 2021 | $945K | $647K | $404K | $6,367 | — | $250K |
| 2020 | $527K | $478K | $284K | — | — | $116K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $79K from 9 charities:
- Northumberland United Way$57K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$6,000
- W Ross Pinkerton Memorial Trust Fund$5,000
- Community Foundation of Campbellford/seymour and Northumberland$5,000
- Rotary Club of Campbellford Charitable Trust$3,516
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$462
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$398
- Canadahelps Canadon$168
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$408K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patrick Macginnis (director); Sarah Reid (director); Jennifer Weeks (director); John Welch (chair); Brenda Preston (director); Gordon Allen (treasurer); Patt Macdowell (director); Laurane Bennett (director); Michael Kaufmann (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Westben Arts Festival Theatre Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867691743RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.