Live Biennial of Performance Art Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 860386911RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($231,345) as filed with the CRA.
Live Biennial of Performance Art 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 $160K in revenue and $231K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $14.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To advance public's appreciation of the arts by producing arts exhibitions and performance art events for the public and by providing a forum for qualified artists to perform or display their works through participation in such events.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $160K | $231K | $211K | — | — | $109K |
| 2022 | $148K | $133K | $87K | — | — | $85K |
| 2021 | $114K | $88K | $58K | — | — | $69K |
| 2020 | $116K | $106K | $97K | — | — | $43K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14 from 1 charity:
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$100K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cissie Fu (director at large); Doug Jarvis (director at large); Pegah-Sadat Tabassinejad (president); Ghinwa Yassine (secretary); Nicole Caspillo (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Live Biennial of Performance Art Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860386911RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.