Campbell River Writers' Festival Society
Charitable organization · Campbell River, British Columbia · BN 866611916RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($34,683) as filed with the CRA.
Campbell River Writers' Festival Society is a charitable organization based in Campbell River, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $23K in revenue and $35K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from government, 26% from other charities. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $23.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9,300 in 2020 to $23K in 2024.
In its own words
Objectives of The Words on the Water Writers' Festival Society: To organize a festival of the written arts in Campbell River To promote a high level of community literacy and reading To contribute to and support lifelong education in our community To offer workshops for local students and adult writers
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23K | $35K | $33K | — | — | $20K |
| 2023 | — | — | $5,433 | — | — | $31K |
| 2022 | — | $196 | — | — | — | $37K |
| 2021 | $25K | $2,698 | $2,660 | — | — | $37K |
| 2020 | $9,300 | $3,266 | $2,639 | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $23 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Campbell River Writers' Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866611916RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.