Full Circle: First Nations' Performance Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 134191816RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,194,722) as filed with the CRA.
Full Circle: First Nations' Performance Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,887.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Full circle: first nations performance society continued its charitable functions by conducting ongoing research creation presentation dissemination and public education on the cultural traditions and artworks of indigenous artists in canada. This was accomplished through various projects including the talking stick festival moccasin trek: arts on the move!. Muyuntsut ta slulum live series read red and indian acts.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $899K | — | — | $538K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1M | — | — | $501K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $834K | — | — | $472K |
| 2021 | $922K | $733K | $578K | — | — | $44K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $919K | — | — | $58K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,887 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$193K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marion Gonneville (treasurer); David Macmurray-Smith (secretary); Solomon Reece-Brass (director); Sharon Jinkerson-Brass (president); Yvonne Chartrand (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Full Circle: First Nations' Performance Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134191816RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.