Alberta · Registered charity
GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY
GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 9 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$212,999 to it, the largest being Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne (C$96,065). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- C$376k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- C$213k
- Net assets
- C$174k
What Ghost River Theatre Society does
Ongoing programs
Ghost River Theatre’s artistic mandate is to approach the creation of live performance in the spirit of collaboration – devising and presenting original Canadian theatre that is innovative accessible and highly theatrical. Our productions address challenging contemporary and topical issues and themes while emphasizing the personal human experience. Ongoing programs include developing and workshopping new original devised theatre works and immersive artistic experiences providing devised theatre workshops for emerging and professional artists and presenting completed theatre productions and immersive experiences to the public. Organizational Mission and Values Ghost River Theatre is a catalyst for enriching Calgary’s thriving arts community. Our mission is to drive boundary-pushing and immersive creative experiences in original live performance. We are CREATIVE in our artistry and our decision-making. We encourage a diversity of perspectives and talents to come together to CO-CREATE We act with COURAGE willing to take the steps required to grow and (sometimes) leap into the unknown.
As stated on its FY2024 T3010.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from C$712k to C$213k (−70%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 44% · 2018 59% · 2019 57% · 2020 61% · 2021 80% · 2022 70% · 2023 83% · 2024 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
21% of GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell C$29k → C$11k.
From the CRA filings of GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 59% · 2019 85% · 2020 52% · 2021 62% · 2022 48% · 2023 66% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
38% of GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 89% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
80% of GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY's grant income comes from Alberta funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$2k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 region is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY has grown faster than half of the 689 education in the arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 689 education in the arts nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government revenue GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 48% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Alberta
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY?
- GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 9 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$212,999 to it, the largest being Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne (C$96,065). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 9 organizations giving C$212,999 in grants to GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY?
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne is the largest funder on record, with C$96,065 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GHOST RIVER THEATRE SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alberta.
These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register