Compaigni V'Ni Dansi Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 830761276RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($480,426) as filed with the CRA.
Compaigni V'Ni Dansi Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $493K in revenue and $480K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $28K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% 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.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $252K in 2020 to $493K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Performance: traditional métis dance and indigenous contemporary dance educational outreach: métis dance and culture workshops for children youth and adults
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $493K | $480K | $459K | — | — | $173K |
| 2023 | $490K | $484K | $456K | — | — | $161K |
| 2022 | $301K | $220K | $201K | — | — | $154K |
| 2021 | $236K | $198K | $180K | — | — | $74K |
| 2020 | $252K | $236K | $212K | — | — | $23K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $28K from 6 charities:
- RBC Foundation$15K
- F. K. Morrow Foundation$6,000
- Deux Mille Foundation$3,500
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- Lohn Foundation$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$419
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$198K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Trisha Chornyj (president); Chris Vance (director); Megan Brown (vice president); Stephen Lytton (director); Gabrielle Nisbet (director); Gabrielle Carriere (director); Jordan Waunch (director); Ken Paquette (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Compaigni V'Ni Dansi Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 830761276RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.