Qathet Film Society
Publicly funded institution · Powell River, British Columbia · BN 848285540RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($130,936) as filed with the CRA.
Qathet Film Society is a charitable organization based in Powell River, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $134K in revenue and $131K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $45K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Qathet international film festival - feature films and shorts (local national and international) film camp for youth - an intense 4 days of learning for youth aged 9 - 14
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $134K | $131K | $87K | — | — | $846K |
| 2023 | $366K | $104K | $74K | — | $0 | $843K |
| 2022 | $543K | $87K | $68K | $870 | — | $581K |
| 2021 | $377K | $427K | $0 | $71K | $0 | — |
| 2020 | $137K | $182K | $136K | $3,988 | — | $49K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $45K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Terry Noreault (president); Claudia Medina (vice president); Guy Pocklington (treasurer); Margaret Campbell (secretary); Eileen Francis (director); Joseph Pierre (director); Joseph Lavigne (director); Nina Mussellam (director); Tai Uhlmann (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Qathet Film Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848285540RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.