Darkspark Foundation
Charitable organization · White Rock, British Columbia · BN 742863491RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($558,310) as filed with the CRA.
Darkspark Foundation is a charitable organization based in White Rock, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $606K in revenue and $558K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 92% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $450K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% 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 $308K in 2021 to $606K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Darkspark provides community-based workshops or classes that teach youth about social economic cultural or environmental issues contributing to marginalization discrimination and racism using an arts-education methodology. Darkspark operates an online youth fellowship called VERSIONS providing mentoring for BIPOC youth focused on personal leadership development creative and artist skills and using the power of music and pop culture for social change.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $606K | $558K | $511K | $12K | $52K | $114K |
| 2023 | $637K | $695K | $563K | $3,616 | $90K | $66K |
| 2022 | $459K | $375K | $296K | $4,746 | $44K | $124K |
| 2021 | $308K | $345K | $297K | $6,300 | — | $40K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $450K from 10 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$140K
- The Lang Family Foundation$100K
- The Annual Foundation$85K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$49K
- The Victoria Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Minerva Foundation for BC Women$5,000
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$5,000
- Toronto Foundation$4,000
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)
Jeremiah Mackenzie (director/chair); Simon Jones (director/treasurer); D'Ari Lisle (director); Amanda Rheaume (director); Sage Nokomis Wright (director); Asha Dillon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Darkspark Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 742863491RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.