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PACIFIC BALLET BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY

Charitable organizationArts·1286 CARTWRIGHT ST · VANCOUVER, BC · V6H 3R8·BN 119075364RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-06-30

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Ballet BC is an internationally acclaimed collaborative and creation-based contemporary ballet company that is a leader and resource in the creation production and education of contemporary dance in Canada. The company's regular performance at Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre (QET) in the fall winter and spring are supplemented by regional national and international tours. Through a host of public engagement activities Ballet BC shares a wealth of knowledge and expertise with the community - creating personal professional and accessible dance experiences for the broadest possible Show more

Ballet BC is an internationally acclaimed collaborative and creation-based contemporary ballet company that is a leader and resource in the creation production and education of contemporary dance in Canada. The company's regular performance at Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre (QET) in the fall winter and spring are supplemented by regional national and international tours. Through a host of public engagement activities Ballet BC shares a wealth of knowledge and expertise with the community - creating personal professional and accessible dance experiences for the broadest possible public. Community engagement programs include: Artist Salons Previews Studio Visits Pre-Show Chats Adult Dance Classes Student Dress Rehearsals and the Arts For All Program. Programs directed to the professional dance community include: Choreographic Workshops Professional Development Program Artist-in-Residence Program. Ballet BC Annex in collaboration with Arts Umbrella offers an invaluable opportunity for secondary school students to engage in world-class dance and educational programming. The Annex toured schools in Metro Vancouver and throughout BC bringing contemporary dance repertoire professional performances and workshops to young audiences with an interest in the arts

New programs

Ballet BC recently moved into a new facility on Granville Island that provides year-round access to studios for rehearsals and opens the opportunity to share that space for rentals dance and movement classes and to have our junior company rehearse at the same time as our main company when needed. Through a new rental program Ballet BC is able to provide much needed studio space for local artists to develop productions including Kidd Pivot Dance Novella Inverso Productions Arts Umbrella and the Dance Centre Society.

Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗

Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)

From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

63¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 63¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.

Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.

T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

31%

Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.

T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

0.9 yr

Years current reserves could cover program spending.

Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).

T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

$6.7M

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

13%

Share of revenue from receipted donations.

T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Government-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

22%

Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.

T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Over the years

Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 20192024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2019-06-30$4.9M82¢18%0.1 yr
2020-06-30$4.5M78¢22%0.3 yr
2021-06-30$3.3M63¢37%1.3 yr
2022-06-30$4.8M78¢22%1.1 yr
2023-06-30$6.3M72¢28%0.9 yr
2024-06-30$6.7M63¢31%0.9 yr
trend

From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗

★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)

Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.

Board of directors

15 directors reported · 15 of 15at arm's length

  • Armstrong, BobVice-President/Secretaryarm's length
  • Gladstone, ArleneDirectorarm's length
  • Heeney, MichaelDirectorarm's length
  • Cundari, LauraPresident and Chairarm's length
  • Nicholson, DonDirector and Treasurerarm's length
  • Akin, LaurenDirectorarm's length
  • Harwood, BarbDirectorarm's length
  • Parker, KateDirectorarm's length
  • Girardin, EliseDirectorarm's length
  • Chan, VivianDirectorarm's length
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  • James, ArleneDirectorarm's length
  • Virani, AliceDirectorarm's length
  • Cunliffe, SamanthaDirectorarm's length
  • Dwyer, JanelleDirectorarm's length
  • Hadley-Beauregard, PaulineDirectorarm's length

From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗

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