The Dancing on the Edge Festival Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 869390542RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($334,440) as filed with the CRA.
The Dancing on the Edge Festival Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under 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 $289K in revenue and $334K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 60% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $532.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The dancing on the edge festival society produced the 36th annual dancing on the edge festival from june 12th-june 22nd 2024. The festival showcased the work of 19 artists or groups of artists from across canada at various vancouver venues including scotiabank dance centre sfu woodwards and beaconsfield park. Tickets were sold on a sliding scale pricing system in order to reduce financial barriers and increase accessibility.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $289K | $334K | $270K | — | — | $112K |
| 2023 | $276K | $310K | $241K | — | — | $157K |
| 2022 | $226K | $217K | $189K | — | — | $192K |
| 2021 | $330K | $246K | $222K | — | — | $182K |
| 2020 | $195K | $117K | — | — | — | $98K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $532 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$15K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jack Vickery (president); Reshaad Ali (director at large); Jacci Collins (director at large); Anna Dueck (secretary); Faiza Hakim (treasurer); Caitlin McKee (director at large); Donna Spencer (director ex-officio).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Dancing on the Edge Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869390542RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.