STORYTELLERS OF CANADA/CONTEURS DU CANADA
Charitable organizationNational arts service organization·173 - 601 CHRISTIE ST · TORONTO, ON · M6G 4C7·BN 867741373RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-08-31
Cents to cause T1
64¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
36%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.2 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$140K
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 Storytellers of Canada a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 867741373RR0001. 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 Storytellers of Canada located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 173 - 601 CHRISTIE ST, TORONTO, ON, M6G 4C7. Source.
What does Storytellers of Canada do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Storytellers of Canada – Conteurs du Canada is devoted to connecting people reflecting culture and inspiring learning and creativity through the art of storytelling. Ongoing programs include: Professional Development Conference: Annual conference is held in different cities across Canada each year. Five days of…" Full program description.
How much of Storytellers of Canada's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 64¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Storytellers of Canada?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $140K (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
Storytellers of Canada – Conteurs du Canada is devoted to connecting people reflecting culture and inspiring learning and creativity through the art of storytelling. Ongoing programs include: Professional Development Conference: Annual conference is held in different cities across Canada each year. Five days of masterclasses workshops concerts day-trips and networking. StorySave: Saving the voices of the elders one story at a time. Started in 2002 StorySave is a project of Storytellers of Canada-Conteurs du Canada that records the voices of tellers from the Canadian storytell… Show more
Storytellers of Canada – Conteurs du Canada is devoted to connecting people reflecting culture and inspiring learning and creativity through the art of storytelling. Ongoing programs include: Professional Development Conference: Annual conference is held in different cities across Canada each year. Five days of masterclasses workshops concerts day-trips and networking. StorySave: Saving the voices of the elders one story at a time. Started in 2002 StorySave is a project of Storytellers of Canada-Conteurs du Canada that records the voices of tellers from the Canadian storytelling community. Each year a new teller is chosen from nominees across Canada who’ve developed a marked personal style in the craft of storytelling or who have a remarkable body of work that should be kept alive. SC-Radio-CC: Internet based 24-7 worldwide broadcast of StorySave albums/tracks podcasts member-produced radio shows. Other programs: Emerging Teller Canadian Storytelling Day online concerts workshops
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.
64¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 64¢ 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 64¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
36%
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
0.2 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)$140K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)4%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
49%
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
4%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
49%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
47%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-31 | $125K | 67¢ | 33% | 0.2 yr |
| 2020-08-31 | $114K | 76¢ | 24% | 1.2 yr |
| 2021-08-31 | $152K | 60¢ | 40% | 1.3 yr |
| 2022-08-31 | $164K | 74¢ | 26% | 0.2 yr |
| 2023-08-31 | $147K | 74¢ | 26% | 0.2 yr |
| 2024-08-31 | $140K | 64¢ | 36% | 0.2 yr |
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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
7 directors reported · 7 of 7at arm's length
- MATTE, ALEXANDRETREASURERarm's length
- HENNEBURY, CHRISTINEPRESIDENTarm's length
- CARRUTHERS, MARGOSECRETARYarm's length
- FOWLER, ALBERTDIRECTORarm's length
- PERRIN, NORMANDIRECTORarm's length
- WARNER, SUSANDIRECTORarm's length
- BOUCAUD, SUSAN IDADIRECTORarm'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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