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
Cents to cause T1
61¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
39%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
1.8 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$392K
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
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Is Electric Company Theatre Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 872054168RR0001. 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 Electric Company Theatre Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 145 KEEFER ST, VANCOUVER, BC, V6A 1X3. Source.
What does Electric Company Theatre Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "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…" Full program description.
How much of Electric Company Theatre Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 61¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Electric Company Theatre Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $392K (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 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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
61¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 61¢ 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 61¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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 ↗ · what this means
1.8 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)$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 ↗
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 ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
4%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
77%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
19%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 |
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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 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
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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