ELECTRIC COMPANY THEATRE SOCIETY
Charitable organizationEducation in the arts·145 KEEFER ST · VANCOUVER, BC · V6A 1X3·BN 872054168RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-04-30
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The 2023-2024 Season was a busy development season as our next large show is in creation. We produced two workshops of our next large scale show The Fire Never Dies: the Tina Modotti Project which included free work in progress showings for the public; we presented a free community talk on the podcast we co-produced the previous year; we supported two works Diana Ross Dream and the development of a new Kidd Pivot show; we co-presented another year of the PXR virtual reality symposium and we again supported the Belfry Leadership training program for emerging IBPOC artistic leaders. Our commu… Show more
The 2023-2024 Season was a busy development season as our next large show is in creation. We produced two workshops of our next large scale show The Fire Never Dies: the Tina Modotti Project which included free work in progress showings for the public; we presented a free community talk on the podcast we co-produced the previous year; we supported two works Diana Ross Dream and the development of a new Kidd Pivot show; we co-presented another year of the PXR virtual reality symposium and we again supported the Belfry Leadership training program for emerging IBPOC artistic leaders. Our community initiatives reached 2 800 people in person as well as an additional 1 800 audience members online. We employed 52 Artists (48 from BC) as well as 4 Staff and an additional 9 contract admin support positions. We are governed by a Board of 6 Volunteers with an addition 15 volunteers supporting shows.
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)61¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 61¢ 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)39%
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)1.8 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)$392K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)4%
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)77%
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, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-30 | $973K | 84¢ | 16% | 0.1 yr |
| 2020-04-30 | $1.1M | 88¢ | 12% | 0.1 yr |
| 2021-04-30 | $522K | 57¢ | 43% | 0.9 yr |
| 2022-04-30 | $623K | 72¢ | 28% | 0.8 yr |
| 2023-04-30 | $515K | 78¢ | 22% | 0.7 yr |
| 2024-04-30 | $392K | 61¢ | 39% | 1.8 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)
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Board of directors
7 directors reported · 7 of 7at arm's length
- Mears, EmiraPresidentarm's length
- Washington, SusanAt Largearm's length
- Wyka, KatieCo-Secretaryarm's length
- Simmonds, Samantha JoAt Largearm's length
- Esscer, MarcoTreasurerarm's length
- Nye, AdrienneDirectorarm's length
- Lo, TaniaTreasurerarm'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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