SQx Danza
Publicly funded institution · Castlegar, British Columbia · BN 813604683RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($886,573) as filed with the CRA.
SQx Danza is a charitable organization based in Castlegar, British Columbia, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $950K in revenue and $887K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $172K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $354K in 2020 to $950K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Community training & performance program (ctpp): we use dance to work with youth-at-risk and remote and rural communities to deliver process-based learning programs where sqx artists use rigorous physical activity and imagination to promote positive social values and disrupt systemic behaviors. Performances: creation & dissemination of professional dance performances that reflect our mission to use dance to promote kinship collaboration and teamwork.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $950K | $887K | $834K | — | — | -$14K |
| 2023 | $669K | $684K | $636K | — | — | -$78K |
| 2022 | $673K | $696K | $657K | — | — | -$63K |
| 2021 | $706K | $620K | $498K | — | — | -$40K |
| 2020 | $354K | $388K | $351K | — | — | -$126K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $172K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$392K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Josephine Sarao (president); Carole Mackay-Bonin (treasurer); Carol Sirianni (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from SQx Danza’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 813604683RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.