Why Not Theatre
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 828087932RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,245,473) as filed with the CRA.
Why Not Theatre 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 $2.3M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 41% from government, 21% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $309K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Why not theatre is an agile international theatre company based in toronto canada rooted in the values of innovation community and collaboration. Our work is inventive cross-cultural and reflects our passion for the exploration of difference. We challenge the status quo by examining what stories are being told and who is telling them. More than just a theatre company we develop creative strategies to build a healthier and stronger arts ecology. We make and tour critically-acclaimed and award-winning new work share resources with other companies and artists to produce and tour their w…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $241K | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $3.8M | $4.1M | $4M | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $2.9M | $2.5M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | $9,040 | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1M | — | $7,000 | $582K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $309K from 13 charities:
- The Clearview Foundation$50K
- Kingfisher Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$37K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$31K
- Lindy Green Family Foundation$30K
- T.R. Meighen Family Foundation/Fondation de la Famille T.R. Meighen$25K
- Aqueduct Foundation$18K
- The Sixty Three Foundation$10K
- Clench House Foundation$10K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$7,000
- Toronto Foundation$2,250
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,969
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$913K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Upkar Arora (co-chair); Pramod Jain (director); Paul Nagpal (co-chair); Nan Oldroyd (director); Max Rosenfield (director); Seema Lakhani (director); Joyce Sou (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Why Not Theatre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 828087932RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.