Ottawa Dance Directive
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 857846117RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($382,616) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa Dance Directive is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $363K in revenue and $383K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 59% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,638.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To educate and increase the public's understanding and appreciation of the arts by providing performances of an artistic nature and by providing seminars on topics related to such performances; to produce performing arts events for the purpose of educating and advancing the public's understanding and appreciation of performing arts and to educate artists through participation in such events and related workshops; to educate the public in dance performance by providing workshops.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $363K | $383K | $287K | $1,433 | — | $1,984 |
| 2023 | $330K | $378K | $277K | $31 | $0 | $21K |
| 2022 | $312K | $366K | $314K | $1,945 | — | $69K |
| 2021 | $326K | $235K | $193K | $0 | $0 | $134K |
| 2020 | $260K | $222K | $143K | $113 | — | $42K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,638 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$158K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sylvie Desrosiers (president); Kateri Khoury (treasurer); Susan Sinclair (secretary); Mary Catherine Jack (vice chair); Moira Johnson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa Dance Directive’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857846117RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.