Documentary Organization of Canada/documentaristes du Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 131739245RR0001 · National Arts Service Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($967,139) as filed with the CRA.
Documentary Organization of Canada/documentaristes du Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under national arts service organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $952K in revenue and $967K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from government, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $125K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $615K in 2020 to $952K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The Documentary Organization of Canada/Documentaristes du Canada (DOC) is the collective voice of independent documentary filmmakersacross Canada. It is a member driven organization decided to promoting supporting and developing the art form of doc As a national non-profit association it advocates on behalf of its members to foster an environment conductive to documentary production and strives to strengthen the sector within the broader film production industry.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $952K | $967K | $835K | — | — | $351K |
| 2023 | $1M | $987K | $866K | — | — | $366K |
| 2022 | $647K | $647K | $567K | — | — | $347K |
| 2021 | $637K | $591K | $549K | — | — | $337K |
| 2020 | $615K | $499K | $438K | — | — | $291K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $125K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$358K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Minsook Lee (chair doc on rep); Anthony Goertz (doc alberta rep); Ariella Pahlke (doc atlantic rep); Peter Findlay (doc ontario rep); Daniela Mujica (doc quebec rep); Jay Thomson (at-large member); Sarah EI Ouazzani (at-large member); Amar Lohana (treasurer); Priyanka Desai (vice chair doc nw rep); Kevin Eastwood (doc nw rep); Ernie Nathaniel (doc manitoba rep); Alex Eskandarkhak (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Documentary Organization of Canada/documentaristes du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131739245RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.