The Dance Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 894975663RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,174,078) as filed with the CRA.
The Dance Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $749.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The Dance Foundation as the owner of the Scotiabank Dance Centre - Canada's flagship dance facility - is dedicated to ensuring this facility dedicated to dance continues to provide premiere space for dance artists to rehearse create and present dance. The Foundation continues its efforts to ensure that the financing of its objectives is deficit-free and self-sustainable long-term; and to meet the specific needs of a diverse range of dance styles while promoting accessibility of the building and a safe environment to work in to a broad base of dance artists and organizations. The venue operat…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $813K | $25K | $0 | $210K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1M | $638K | $30K | $0 | $249K |
| 2022 | $968K | $958K | $630K | $0 | $0 | $253K |
| 2021 | $830K | $836K | $539K | $0 | $0 | $243K |
| 2020 | $826K | $844K | $537K | $0 | $0 | $263K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $749 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Blankstein (chair); Janice Wells (treasurer); Anndraya Luui (secretary); Andrea Benzel (vice-chair); Samantha Luo (director); Shaadi Faris (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Dance Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894975663RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.