Seismic Shift Arts Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 861284255RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,593,978) as filed with the CRA.
Seismic Shift Arts Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 45% from government, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $56K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $865K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Seismic shift arts society held public workshops presented dance performances to the public and offered free lectures and artist talks.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $118K | — | $521K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $79K | — | $515K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $954K | $60K | — | $545K |
| 2021 | $762K | $589K | $467K | $40K | — | $417K |
| 2020 | $865K | $765K | $590K | $62K | — | $244K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $56K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$669K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Liesl Jauk (director); Anndraya Luui (vice president); Alexandra Barker (vice-president); Christopher Stott (secretary); Ivy Arcos Dahm (treasurer); Jean-Kyle Bienvenu (director); Sara Getz (director); Paula Meyler (director); Jeffrey Sheremeta (director); Nancy Stern (director); Jada Tellier (president); Saattvic Saattvic (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Seismic Shift Arts Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861284255RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.