Dance Immersion Ontario
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 874290927RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($664,815) as filed with the CRA.
Dance Immersion Ontario is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $486K in revenue and $665K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% 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.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Dance Immersion produces promotes and supports dancers and dances of the African Diaspora. We offer presentation skill development and networking opportunities for Blacks in dance serving artists who practice contemporary and traditional movement forms. We have simplified our vision and mission statements and expanded programming through three interconnected platforms: Presentation Incubation and Education. We provided opportunities for artists throughout the pandemic while working to improve our branding and stabilize operations with a fairly new staff. We expanded our incubation su…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $486K | $665K | $469K | — | — | $258K |
| 2023 | $491K | $474K | $403K | — | — | $333K |
| 2022 | $348K | $358K | $248K | — | — | $327K |
| 2021 | $487K | $199K | $142K | — | — | $337K |
| 2020 | $352K | $301K | $250K | — | — | $3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $25K from 2 charities:
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$118K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Junior Alexander Francis (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dance Immersion Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874290927RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.