Vancouver International Dance Festival Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 892858614RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($656,347) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver International Dance 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $575K in revenue and $656K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations, 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Vancouver Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The vancouver international dance festival (vidf) is a non-profit artist-run organization dedicated to supporting and furthering the art of culturally diverse contemporary dance. The vidf was launched in 2000 with the objective of putting vancouver on the international map of dance. Now in its 24th year the vidf has presented 321 dance artists/companies to more than 100 000 people. We celebrate and focus on the diversity of contemporary dance expression its individuality and its astonishing capacity for touching one's heart and soul. Our mission is to build audiences and appreciation for …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $575K | $656K | $497K | — | $10K | -$27K |
| 2023 | $687K | $815K | $587K | $17K | $30K | $55K |
| 2022 | $744K | $785K | $356K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $562K | $312K | $179K | — | — | $224K |
| 2020 | $463K | $378K | $246K | $516 | $9,744 | -$12K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $21K from 2 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$14K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,709
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$98K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Judith Garay (director at large); Tessa Perkins Deneault (director at large); Tuan Luu (secretary/treasurer); Leslie Stark (president); Henry Wong (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver International Dance Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892858614RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.