Kokoro Dance Theatre Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118986777RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($742,754) as filed with the CRA.
Kokoro Dance Theatre 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $603K in revenue and $743K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,390.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Taking its name from the Japanese word kokoro - meaning heart soul and spirit - Kokoro Dance creates deeply evocative and provocative performances. Inspired by the Japanese art form known as butoh Kokoro Dance fuses the aesthetics of East and West. Since 1986 Kokoro Dance has created and performed works for the proscenium theatre for site specific environmental locations for young audiences in schools and for impromptu improvisations in jazz night clubs. The company has performed across Canada in the United States in Europe and in South America. Kokoro also provides services to the co…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $603K | $743K | $514K | $9,348 | — | $72K |
| 2023 | $632K | $656K | $396K | $600 | — | $212K |
| 2022 | $680K | $799K | $185K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $623K | $443K | $107K | — | — | $165K |
| 2020 | $619K | $596K | $151K | $2,463 | — | $202K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,390 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,390
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$342K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kokoro Dance Theatre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118986777RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.