Pacific Ballet British Columbia Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119075364RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($7,054,221) as filed with the CRA.
Pacific Ballet British Columbia Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $6.7M in revenue and $7.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 22% from government, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 29 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $939K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $13K in 2024, the largest being $13K to Arts Umbrella Association. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Ballet BC is an internationally acclaimed collaborative and creation-based contemporary ballet company that is a leader and resource in the creation production and education of contemporary dance in Canada. The company's regular performance at Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre (QET) in the fall winter and spring are supplemented by regional national and international tours. Through a host of public engagement activities Ballet BC shares a wealth of knowledge and expertise with the community - creating personal professional and accessible dance experiences for the broadest possible …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.7M | $7.1M | $4.4M | $407K | — | $812K |
| 2023 | $6.3M | $6.3M | $4.6M | $269K | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $4.8M | $4.6M | $3.6M | $211K | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $2.5M | $1.6M | $193K | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $4.5M | $4.4M | $3.5M | $231K | — | $203K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $13K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $939K from 29 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$244K
- April 1 Foundation$185K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$166K
- Moffat Foundation Inc.$50K
- The Palmer Family Foundation$40K
- ZLC Foundation$36K
- The Azrieli Foundation$25K
- Diamond Foundation$23K
- Riley Foundation$20K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$17K
- Y.P. Heung Foundation$15K
- Michael and Inna O'Brian Family Foundation$15K
- The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation$15K
- Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- West Vancouver Community Foundation$10K
- Lutsky Family Foundation$10K
- The Christopher Foundation$10K
- Deux Mille Foundation$8,000
- R & J Stern Family Foundation$7,500
- Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,667
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$2,500
- Anako Foundation$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$3.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bob Armstrong (vice-president/secretary); Arlene Gladstone (director); Michael Heeney (director); Laura Cundari (president and chair); Don Nicholson (director and treasurer); Lauren Akin (director); Barb Harwood (director); Kate Parker (director); Elise Girardin (director); Vivian Chan (director); Arlene James (director); Alice Virani (director); Samantha Cunliffe (director); Janelle Dwyer (director); Pauline Hadley-Beauregard (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pacific Ballet British Columbia Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119075364RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.