Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Society
Charitable organization · Vernon, British Columbia · BN 130877855RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,028,475) as filed with the CRA.
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Vernon, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $42K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $973K in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
To maintain and operate a performing arts centre for the community of vernon and surrounding district.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $378K |
| 2023 | $872K | $920K | $786K | — | — | $658K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $646K |
| 2021 | $970K | $936K | $716K | — | — | $621K |
| 2020 | $973K | $969K | $754K | — | — | $588K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $42K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kent Beckman (treasurer); Pat Cochrane (director); Norm Crerar (director); Mary Malerby (director); Amelia Sirianni (director); Sigrid-Ann Thors (president); Aaron Robinson (director); Nigel Blondeau (director); Sydney James Sengotta (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130877855RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.