Metro Cinema Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 122449895RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,706,137) as filed with the CRA.
Metro Cinema Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $55K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $12K in 2024, the largest being $12K to The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Historic movie theatre. Metro Cinema Society continues to present Canadian and International film and video works with the filmmaker often in attendance. Metro Cinema partners with charitable organizations not for profit groups community groups collectives and individuals to present community-specific screenings and sometimes live events on stage.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $3,973 | $12K | $823K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $308 | $6,202 | $614K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1M | $945K | $5,906 | $7,500 | $461K |
| 2021 | $824K | $727K | $659K | $300 | $0 | $441K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1,000 | $4,785 | $359K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $55K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$587K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daniel Smith (ex officio non voting); Sylvia Douglas (president); Lyndsey Wasserman (director); Tracy Mills (director); Paul Hanlon (director); Duncan Worden (secretary); Nicholas Ross (director); Nicole Boychuk (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Metro Cinema Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122449895RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.