Propeller Dance
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 857100556RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($546,999) as filed with the CRA.
Propeller Dance 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $543K in revenue and $547K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 72% from government, 17% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $107K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% 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 7 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $543K | $547K | $449K | $16K | — | $180K |
| 2023 | $803K | $772K | $633K | $23K | — | $164K |
| 2022 | $606K | $598K | $490K | $18K | — | $133K |
| 2021 | $468K | $405K | $332K | $12K | — | $125K |
| 2020 | $426K | $413K | $338K | $12K | — | $62K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $107K from 12 charities:
- The Azrieli Foundation$30K
- Five B Family Foundation$20K
- RBC Foundation$15K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$12K
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,402
- The Harry E Foster Charitable Foundation$8,000
- Danbe Foundation Inc.$5,000
- Council for Business & Arts in Canada$2,812
- The Harry P Ward Foundation/la Fondation Harry P Ward$2,500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,495
- Ottawa Titans Field of Dreams Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$69
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$223K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Heather Daley (vice-chair); Anne Roland (director); Elizabeth Tromp (treasurer); Myroslava Tataryn (chair); Bernadette Hendrickx (director); Kirsten Van Houten (director); Stephanie Gan (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Propeller Dance’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857100556RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.