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VINOK FOLKDANCE SOCIETY

Charitable organizationArts·BOX 4867 · EDMONTON, AB · T6E 5G7·BN 119286490RR0001·website ↗

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

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Cents to cause T1

89¢

of each dollar spent, to programs

Operating overhead T1

11%

typical range 5–35%

Reserves T1

0.3 yr

of program spending, in cash and investments

Revenue T1

$282K

not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)

— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures

Common questions

How do I donate to Vinok Folkdance Society?

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Is Vinok Folkdance Society a registered charity?

Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 119286490RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.

Where is Vinok Folkdance Society located?

Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is BOX 4867, EDMONTON, AB, T6E 5G7. Source.

What does Vinok Folkdance Society do?

In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "The organization supports the programming of Vinok Worldance a company of professional dancers and musicians who perform dance and music from many cultures from around the world including those unique to Canada. Celebrating the cultural diversity of our country Vinok offers theatre and educational programming to…" Full program description.

How much of Vinok Folkdance Society's spending goes to programs?T1

Per its F2024 T3010, 89¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.

How big is Vinok Folkdance Society?T1

Its last-reported revenue was $282K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

The organization supports the programming of Vinok Worldance a company of professional dancers and musicians who perform dance and music from many cultures from around the world including those unique to Canada. Celebrating the cultural diversity of our country Vinok offers theatre and educational programming to our local community as well as occasional presentations throughout Canada and abroad. Locally our annual production 'Christmas Around the World' has become an annual Yuletide tradition for Edmontonians as each year we offer a new program with different countries. In similar fashion … Show more

The organization supports the programming of Vinok Worldance a company of professional dancers and musicians who perform dance and music from many cultures from around the world including those unique to Canada. Celebrating the cultural diversity of our country Vinok offers theatre and educational programming to our local community as well as occasional presentations throughout Canada and abroad. Locally our annual production 'Christmas Around the World' has become an annual Yuletide tradition for Edmontonians as each year we offer a new program with different countries. In similar fashion we also have an annual 'Mardi Gras' event to celebrate Carnival and in June of 2024 added a new annual 'A Mystical Midsummer' celebrating summer solstice traditions from around the globe. Vinok continues to offer its educational programs.

New programs

We created a new program 'A Mystical Midsummer'. Along the same lines as Christmas Around the World this production featured a host who shared anecdotes about midsummer traditions around the globe. This new production included a collaboration with local Dnipro Ukrainian Choir with new choreography performed to songs sung by the choir. Vinok also performed for Dnipro's concert in the same month. We continue to work on our program for home schooled students - currently offering a weekly dance class for young dancers and are resuming a training program for interested performers in the New Ye… Show more

We created a new program 'A Mystical Midsummer'. Along the same lines as Christmas Around the World this production featured a host who shared anecdotes about midsummer traditions around the globe. This new production included a collaboration with local Dnipro Ukrainian Choir with new choreography performed to songs sung by the choir. Vinok also performed for Dnipro's concert in the same month. We continue to work on our program for home schooled students - currently offering a weekly dance class for young dancers and are resuming a training program for interested performers in the New Year.

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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

89¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 89¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.

Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).

this charity 89¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities

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

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

11%

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 ↗ · what this means

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

0.3 yr

Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.

Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.

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

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

$282K

Last-reported total revenue.

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

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

5%

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)

16%

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 ↗ · what this means

Where the money comes from

Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.

  • Receipted donationsT1

    5%

    T3010 4500 ÷ 4700

  • GovernmentT1

    16%

    T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700

  • Other revenueT1

    79%

    T3010 remainder ÷ 4700

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

★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)

Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.

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Board of directors

9 directors reported · 9 of 9at arm's length

  • Dzenick, Mark RPresidentarm's length
  • Grimble, Don JVice-Presidentarm's length
  • Bayduza, IhorTreasurerarm's length
  • Koziak, Julian GSecretaryarm's length
  • Rose, WaynePast-President/Directorarm's length
  • Carre, JaynneDirectorarm's length
  • Cumine, RobinDirectorarm's length
  • Fuss, Rita-anneDirectorarm's length
  • Szumlas, Frank JDirectorarm'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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