Soulpepper Theatre Company

50 Tank House Lane
Toronto, ON M5A 3C4
Executive Director: Gideon Arthurs
Board Chair: Vanessa Morgan

Charitable Reg. #:86969 8449 RR0001

STAR RATING

Ci's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics:

[Charity Rating: 3/5]

✔+

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.

B-

RESULTS REPORTING

Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.

n/r

DEMONSTRATED IMPACT

The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.

NEED FOR FUNDING

Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.

70%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 70 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About Soulpepper Theatre Company:

Soulpepper Theatre Company is a 3-star charity. It is financially transparent and has reasonable overhead costs, but has a below average results reporting grade.

Soulpepper Theatre Company (Soulpepper) was founded in 1998 in Toronto by a group of twelve artists for a two-production summer season. In 2005, Soulpepper migrated from its location at Harbourfront Centre to its current home at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. Soulpepper hopes to build a national civic theatre; a place of belonging for artists and audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Soulpepper runs artistic productions and arts education programs.

In F2020, Soulpepper staged two productions for which it issued 11,950 tickets. Soulpepper also posted 49.5 hours of free content online and had 40,465 views of its online programming. Soulpepper employed 233 artists. Soulpepper also runs various free youth programs and workshops to engage young artists. In F2020, 574 people participated in its free youth and community programs. Soulpepper facilitated 413 hours of youth workshops. Its Queer Youth Cabaret was viewed by 422 people. 

During F2020, Soulpepper had 419,408 unique website page views. 47% of website viewers were under the age of 34. Soulpepper's online audience viewed its content from 148 countries. 

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Results and Impact

In F2019, Soulpepper had 16,411 Twitter followers and 7,981 Instagram followers. 

While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Soulpepper Theatre Company’s results and impact.

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Finances

Soulpepper Theatre Company received $2.7m in donations in F2021. It also received $3.3m in government funding, representing 44% of total revenue. Fundraising costs are 15% of donations and administrative costs are 15% total revenues. For each dollar donated, 70 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci's reasonable range for overhead spending. Funding reserves of $11.4m include $921k of donor-endowed funds. Excluding donor-endowed funds, funding reserves could cover program costs at the F2021 level for almost three years.

This charity report is an update that has been sent to Soulpepper Theatre Company for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on August 12, 2022 by Emily Downing.

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending December
202120202019
Administrative costs as % of revenues 14.9%18.3%13.3%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 15.4%13.2%17.6%
Total overhead spending 30.3%31.4%30.9%
Program cost coverage (%) 299.9%164.7%97.5%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $000s
202120202019
Donations 2,6742,5783,525
Government funding 3,2552,5741,504
Fees for service 2254543,410
Investment income 373344359
Other income 813351408
Total revenues 7,3406,3019,206
Program costs 3,2574,2987,806
Grants 29222568
Administrative costs 1,0381,0871,178
Fundraising costs 412339619
Total spending 4,9995,9499,671
Cash flow from operations 2,341352(465)
Capital spending 0012
Funding reserves 11,4288,2558,506

Note: Charity Intelligence adjusted for deferred donations and amortization of deferred capital contributions, affecting donations and total revenues by $68k in F2021, $748k in F2020, and ($228k) in F2019. Grants include amounts transferred to the Young Centre for the Performing Arts joint venture with George Brown College, adjusted by recoverable costs of services provided to George Brown College. 

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 30

Avg. compensation: $62,488

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
0
$300k - $350k
0
$250k - $300k
0
$200k - $250k
2
$160k - $200k
0
$120k - $160k
2
$80k - $120k
0
$40k - $80k
6
< $40k
0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2021

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Charity Contact

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