THE CHOP THEATRE SOCIETY
Charitable organizationEducation in the arts·1885 VENABLES ST · VANCOUVER, BC · V5L 2H6·BN 853179521RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-06-30
Cents to cause T1
85¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
15%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.6 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$148K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
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Is The Chop Theatre Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 853179521RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is The Chop Theatre Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 1885 VENABLES ST, VANCOUVER, BC, V5L 2H6. Source.
What does The Chop Theatre Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "The Chop is a Vancouver-based theatre organization that brings together artists to create new works of theatre for audiences locally across Canada and internationally. The organization often works with communities and individuals who are not professional artists but who are members of a particular community (youth…" Full program description.
How much of The Chop Theatre Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 85¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is The Chop Theatre Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $148K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The Chop is a Vancouver-based theatre organization that brings together artists to create new works of theatre for audiences locally across Canada and internationally. The organization often works with communities and individuals who are not professional artists but who are members of a particular community (youth elders people from a particular locale) with stories that deserve to be shared. Ongoing Programs include the live and digital showcasing of multiple artistic works for local regional and international audiences and corresponding community outreach programs shaped around each ar… Show more
The Chop is a Vancouver-based theatre organization that brings together artists to create new works of theatre for audiences locally across Canada and internationally. The organization often works with communities and individuals who are not professional artists but who are members of a particular community (youth elders people from a particular locale) with stories that deserve to be shared. Ongoing Programs include the live and digital showcasing of multiple artistic works for local regional and international audiences and corresponding community outreach programs shaped around each artistic project. (New Programs include artistic works that are in development and ones being presented for the first time). The Chop also maintains an active mentorship stream in which emerging artists are hired to work on artistic projects and to learn from their established artist peers.
New programs
The Chop relocated its community programs rurally to Shuswap BC. Here we focus our performance and organizing efforts on local artists Indigenous youth neurodiverse children and women in comedy. We offer an arts residency for no cost and are making use of the in kind donated Historic Salmar Theatre for public events. We have 2 new board members from the Shuswap to support this transition. We re looking to turn all contract workers into staff by 2026.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
85¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 85¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 85¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
15%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
0.6 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$148K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
75%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
0%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
75%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
25%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-30 | $113K | 81¢ | 19% | 0.5 yr |
| 2020-06-30 | $179K | 89¢ | 11% | 0.3 yr |
| 2021-06-30 | $130K | 47¢ | 52% | 1.3 yr |
| 2022-06-30 | $62K | 85¢ | 15% | — |
| 2023-06-30 | $142K | 86¢ | 14% | 0.8 yr |
| 2024-06-30 | $148K | 85¢ | 15% | 0.6 yr |
| trend |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
6 directors reported · 6 of 6at arm's length
- Bloom, DavidPresidentarm's length
- Webb, RozemaryTreasurerarm's length
- Fleishmann, ArianeSecretaryarm's length
- Wylie, ConorMember-at-Largearm's length
- Siob, RuthMember-At-Largearm's length
- Stodola, ErinMember-At-Largearm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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