Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 893008375RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($636,426) as filed with the CRA.
Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $557K in revenue and $636K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $109K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement ('the School') provides instruction in classical ballet and other dance disciplines for students that range in age from preschool to adult. The School also rents rehearsal and performance space to independent performing artists and provides gallery space for emerging visual artists. the School has a bursary program in place to help students who can not afford to dance regularly. The School's mandate is that 'every child should have the opportunity to dance and perform regardless of financial mental or physical ability.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $557K | $636K | $500K | $7,543 | — | $21K |
| 2023 | $614K | $721K | $560K | $850 | — | $78K |
| 2022 | $743K | $689K | $546K | — | — | $191K |
| 2021 | $548K | $610K | $458K | — | — | $101K |
| 2020 | $636K | $705K | $528K | — | — | $164K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $109K from 7 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
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$173K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Deborah Goodman (co-chair); Brigit Swenson (director); Luc DeNil (director); Amy Strizic (director); Keith Lecki (director); Pia Bouman (ex-offio/artistic director); Alyson Reid (board member); Mara Abols (director); Bradd Hart (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893008375RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.