VDC Dance Centre Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119258754RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,435,889) as filed with the CRA.
VDC Dance Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 48% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $183K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $500 in 2024, the largest being $500 to Vancouver Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The Dance Centre (VDC) is BC's primary resource centre for dance. We provide programs supporting the development of professional dance artists (residencies danceLabs for research promotion networking workshops video documentation newsletter). Our ongoing year-round programming engages a very diverse public through: Global Dance Connection Series Discover Dance Series International Dance Day Celebrations (offering free events to BC's communities) Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House (annual event commemorating the opening of this unique dance facility) Power of Dance (offering free cl…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1M | $119K | $500 | $98K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $868K | $55K | $13K | $182K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $946K | $89K | $7,332 | $192K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $659K | $89K | $35K | $895K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $821K | $89K | $15K | $99K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $183K from 11 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$80K
- The London Drugs Foundation$50K
- Ocean Park Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- Deux Mille Foundation$8,000
- Deux Mille Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- R & J Stern Family Foundation$2,500
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$1,400
- Footbridge Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$25
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$670K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Judith Garay (director); Anndraya Luui (director); Christine Gamboa (secretary); Arash Khakpour (director); Linda Gordon (chair); Andrea Reid (vice chair); Jennifer Bolscfoldi (director); Yvonne Chartrand (director); Mark Weston (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from VDC Dance Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119258754RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.