Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118864198RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($382,060) as filed with the CRA.
Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $367K in revenue and $382K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $100K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Technical and creative support to artists including providing equipment and facilities for the production of media art works which have cultural artistic or educational value to the community; -public exhibition of media art including screenings installations and artist talks. These events are frequently offered to the public free of charge or by donation in order to increase public awareness of and participation in the media arts by making them accessible to all regardless of economic circumstance.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $367K | $382K | $100K | — | — | $242K |
| 2023 | $358K | $354K | $104K | — | — | $256K |
| 2022 | $307K | $304K | $88K | — | — | $252K |
| 2021 | $417K | $306K | $122K | — | — | $249K |
| 2020 | $366K | $316K | $139K | — | — | $153K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $100K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$213K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christoph Runne (vice president); Carole Zhang (director); Toni-Lynn Frederick (president); Eric Chi Keung Chan (director); Melanie Aulin (director); Illene Yu (director); Irwin Lee (treasurer); Shelly Bolton (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118864198RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.