Pacific Cinematheque Pacifique
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119075406RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,445,391) as filed with the CRA.
Pacific Cinematheque Pacifique 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Film exhibitions with over 500 screenings per year devoted to important classic and contemporary films and filmmakers sending out a free bi-monthly program guide community outreach programs offering interactive learning opportunities in film appreciation filmmaking workshops media literacy workshops for youth and teachers film camp for youth and critical thinking. Has collections including a film reference library housing thousands of film-related books and periodicals and a west coast film archive holding some 2 000 canadian motion pictures including a core collection of historically…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $61K | — | $54K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $23K | — | $219K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1M | $23K | — | $390K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $915K | $783K | — | — | $377K |
| 2020 | $1M | $912K | $735K | — | — | $240K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$794K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Legault (board chair); Rudy Bootsma (treasurer); Tim Reeve (secretary); Leah Mallen (director); Nicole Prior (director); Ken Tsui (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pacific Cinematheque Pacifique’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119075406RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.