The Response Dance Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 809182819RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($114,100) as filed with the CRA.
The Response Dance Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $116K in revenue and $114K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,146.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $33K in 2020 to $116K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The company expanded it's youth mentorship(previously named workspace now plunge mentorship project) which supported emerging artists in the creation of a dance performance. In this version the company had 5 mentors and 9 mentees from dance production and design disciplines.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $116K | $114K | $109K | — | — | -$3,322 |
| 2023 | $57K | $56K | $50K | — | — | -$5,410 |
| 2022 | $27K | $33K | $30K | — | — | -$3,378 |
| 2021 | $33K | $33K | $4,132 | — | — | $2,598 |
| 2020 | $33K | $32K | $31K | — | — | $3,073 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,146 from 2 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$146
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Katrina Formosa (chair); Marcia Walbel (vice chair); Olivia Shaffer (secretary); Tobias Macfarlane (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Response Dance Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 809182819RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.