Powell Street Festival Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 129467908RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($818,391) as filed with the CRA.
Powell Street 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 $740K in revenue and $818K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 45% from government, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $98K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The powell street festival society presents cultural events throughout the year partnering with other arts and community organizations. We also present the annual powell street festival in oppenheimer park during the bc day weekend which includes traditional and contemporay art and performances by demonstrations; traditional foods crafts and displays; children's activities. The powell street festival society presents skills training and employment programs that deliver basic necessities of life and/or cultural education for marginalized and racialized populations currently living in the hist…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $740K | $818K | $640K | $42K | — | $233K |
| 2023 | $993K | $1.1M | $914K | $60K | — | $284K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $960K | $56K | — | $415K |
| 2021 | $975K | $862K | $713K | $107K | — | $275K |
| 2020 | $565K | $525K | $395K | $39K | — | $163K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $98K from 6 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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$347K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Russell Chiong (vice-president); Edward Takayanagi (president); Reiko Shimizu Anderson (director); Rachel Nakamura (treasurer); Kevin Lee (secretary); Kevin Kondo (director); Asia Harvey (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Powell Street Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129467908RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.