Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 119304392RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($529,766) as filed with the CRA.
Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, 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 $539K in revenue and $530K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 52% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $79K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Wwpt is dedicated to the development production promotion and presentation of new canadian playwrights and their plays -wwpt educates the public about writing and play creation
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $539K | $530K | $369K | $58K | — | $54K |
| 2023 | $543K | $545K | $411K | $28K | — | $45K |
| 2022 | $512K | $465K | $348K | $2,326 | $0 | $59K |
| 2021 | $351K | $321K | $229K | $4,657 | — | $19K |
| 2020 | $380K | $308K | $231K | $117 | — | -$11K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $79K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$167K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119304392RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.