Kinesis Dance Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118981448RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($80,215) as filed with the CRA.
Kinesis Dance 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 $80K in revenue and $80K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 67% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,778.
Compared with 89 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Outreach activities; free community workshops open studio showings open rehearsals workshops at francophone schools (during after-school care) development of community-engaged projects. Research creation production dissemination of dance works: Aethernet-IDD Artemis’Embrace Bright Shadow. Collaborating with artists through workshops and productions. About 45 volunteers helped us carry out our different projects this year we couldn’t have delivered our programs without them: graphic designer translator IT specialist community dancers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $80K | $80K | $12K | — | — | $3,798 |
| 2023 | $116K | $115K | $67K | — | — | $3,608 |
| 2022 | $70K | $87K | $8,770 | — | — | $2,690 |
| 2021 | $67K | $61K | $9,242 | — | — | $19K |
| 2020 | $96K | $123K | $110K | — | — | $15K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,778 from 2 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,278
- Deux Mille Foundation$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$45K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lesley Burke-O'Flynn (chair); Roger Lee (director); Denis Blais (director); Janet Joy (director); Donna Simpson (director); Linda Rosenheck (treasurer); Clémence Beurton (director); Mitch Helten (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kinesis Dance Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118981448RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.