Katari Taiko Drum Group Association
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118978014RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($19,922) as filed with the CRA.
Katari Taiko Drum Group Association 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $20K in revenue and $20K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 89 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
In 2024 katari taiko performed at the powell street festival in august. Much of the year was devoted to developing rehearsing and premiering a new york toki no suna (sands of time) for the sold-out echoes concert at performance works on sunday november 3. Katari taiko was able to expand its repertoire and reached a total audience of about 600 people from diverse backgrounds in the past year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $20K | $20K | $15K | — | — | $7,858 |
| 2023 | $18K | $18K | $13K | — | — | $7,748 |
| 2022 | $17K | $17K | $12K | — | — | $7,302 |
| 2021 | $11K | $13K | $8,876 | — | — | $7,630 |
| 2020 | $17K | $17K | $12K | — | — | $9,584 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Naomi Taussig (president); Jill Peers (director); Yoshi Kanazawa (secretary); Pat Rose (vice-president); Jim Inkster (treasurer); Reiko Anderson (director); Atsuko Yamashita (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Katari Taiko Drum Group Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118978014RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.