Kaeja d'Dance
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 127545135RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($494,912) as filed with the CRA.
Kaeja d'Dance is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $393K in revenue and $495K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from government. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Kaeja d'dance is driven by a commitment to innovation in the performing arts through the expression of dance and gesture. We explore identity personal stories and the complexity of the human experience by intergrating the interconnected mediums of live performance dance film and community engagement. Kaeja provides platforms for the fosters the creation of new canadian professional dance works which are featured locally and internationally that inspire connections between professional artists and the broader community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $393K | $495K | $334K | $4,476 | — | $20K |
| 2023 | $574K | $643K | $513K | $2,909 | — | $122K |
| 2022 | $626K | $608K | $488K | $2,937 | — | $192K |
| 2021 | $589K | $415K | $307K | $1,527 | — | $173K |
| 2020 | $416K | $444K | $385K | $5,900 | — | -$340 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $63K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$204K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lori Endes (director); Lori Pacan (director); Patricia Fraser (treasurer); Maureen Murray (co-chair); Blake Martin (co-chair); Samara Thompson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kaeja d'Dance’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 127545135RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.