Reason d'être Dance Productions
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 842034654RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($101,983) as filed with the CRA.
Reason d'être Dance Productions is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $104K in revenue and $102K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 45% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The organization's activities include: - creation and production of dance performances dance films festivals dance workshop and dance jams; - mentoring of artists; - providing scholarships to those in need; - educating the public through events such as audience creator chats and creative process blogs that give an inside view of the artist's process; - providing incluve training programming; and - anti-racism education initiatives.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $104K | $102K | $80K | — | — | $14K |
| 2023 | $152K | $151K | $125K | — | — | $12K |
| 2022 | $242K | $241K | $223K | — | — | $11K |
| 2021 | $66K | $66K | $47K | — | — | $9,428 |
| 2020 | $128K | $128K | $118K | — | — | $8,885 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$20K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ariel Brink (president); Jonny Garcia (director); Jane Husak (director); Elsa Lam (director); Jennifer Opoku (secretary); Jinal Sanghavi (treasurer); Tim Spronk (director); Ruby Thelot (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Reason d'être Dance Productions’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 842034654RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.