Calgary International Film Festival Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 864856927RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,407,184) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary International Film Festival Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations, 22% from government. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $67K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The calgary international film festival (ciff) is a 12 day showcase of up to 200 multi-genre films from canada and over 40 countries. The festival hosts gala events award ceremonies and special presentations. We host a large number of participating filmmakers from our backyard and round the world and connect them with the audience through post screening question and answer periods mingling at our events and through panels and film talks open to the public.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $2.1M | $159K | — | $349K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $106K | — | $258K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $2M | $1.6M | $106K | — | $477K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $92K | — | $584K |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $160K | — | $495K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $67K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$974K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amish Morjaria (board chair); Sammi Ha (treasurer-secretary); Jil Macdonald (director); Kathryn Nyland (director); Kelly Pitaulis (director); Quinton Rafuse (director); Terry Rock (director); Chelsea Hazewinkel (director); Eva Kanovich (director); Elizabeth Middleton (director); Gurleen Gill (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary International Film Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864856927RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.