Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 873629661RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($281,308) as filed with the CRA.
Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $290K in revenue and $281K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,700.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $134K in 2020 to $290K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Ongoing programs include: presentation of art through exhibition performances bursary recipient artist training through workshops. Included in this was: a solo exhibition a group exhibition a curatorial residency program grant writing and professional development workshops beading workshops community building art workshop banner making workshop poetry workshop poetry performances music performances burlesque performances bursary recipient.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $290K | $281K | $220K | $39K | — | -$4,384 |
| 2023 | $272K | $294K | $223K | $3,008 | — | -$13K |
| 2022 | $164K | $160K | $128K | $2,009 | — | $9,619 |
| 2021 | $131K | $131K | $111K | $96 | — | $6,449 |
| 2020 | $134K | $145K | $112K | $3,947 | — | $6,724 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,700 from 2 charities:
- Deux Mille Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,700
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$151K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rachael Ransom (board president); Suzanne Almond (acting treasurer); Angela Chalmers (secretary); Emily Maxwell (member at large); Violette Khodabakhsshi (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 873629661RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.