Pounds Per Square Inch Performance
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 856633334RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($81,900) as filed with the CRA.
Pounds Per Square Inch Performance is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $80K in revenue and $82K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $48K.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Creating new dance works and holding public performances of contemporary dance theatre. Providing workshops and holding development and education opportunities for artists and the general public.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $80K | $82K | $77K | — | — | $1,794 |
| 2023 | $136K | $135K | $118K | $128 | — | $3,953 |
| 2022 | $155K | $151K | $130K | — | — | $3,154 |
| 2021 | $123K | $114K | $102K | — | — | -$617 |
| 2020 | $81K | $86K | $60K | — | — | -$9,473 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $48K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$1,400
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Sommers (president); Lina Ottaviano (treasurer); Jen-Yi Hum (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pounds Per Square Inch Performance’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856633334RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.