Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118946821RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,173,143) as filed with the CRA.
Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.1M in revenue and $7.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 33% from government. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $245K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 26 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
A) to encourage understanding of the world’s cultures through the art of cinema to facilitate the meeting in british columbia of cinema professionals from around the world and to stimulate the motion picture industry in british columbia; b) to operate an annual vancouver international film festival a festive public celebration bringing to british columbia the best in contemporary canadian cinema and retrospective programs; and c) to operate the vancouver international film centre providing the public and film community with an excellent facility for the appreciation of cinema and related a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.1M | $7.2M | $3.5M | — | — | $518K |
| 2023 | $5.9M | $5.9M | $3.3M | — | — | $592K |
| 2022 | $5.5M | $5.6M | $3.2M | — | — | $640K |
| 2021 | $4.9M | $4.4M | $2.5M | — | — | $748K |
| 2020 | $5.3M | $5.6M | $1.6M | — | — | $222K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $245K from 14 charities:
- Audain Foundation$120K
- Lochmaddy Foundation$64K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$7,570
- ZLC Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,069
- Thomas Foundation$3,000
- Vancouver Foundation$2,200
- Lohn Foundation$1,500
- Footbridge Foundation$1,000
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$675
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$624
- BenefAction Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions26
- Total compensation, all staff$3.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kyle Fostner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118946821RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.