Reel to Real: a Celebration of Moving Images for Youth Society
Publicly funded institution · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 880418702RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($299,162) as filed with the CRA.
Reel to Real: a Celebration of Moving Images for Youth Society is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $307K in revenue and $299K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $250.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The reel to real : a celebration of moving images for youth society (reel to real) is a non-profit registered charity dedicated to showing the best in culturally diverse authentic programming for youth. Reel to real presents the annual reel 2 real international film festival for youth (r2r) and media arts programming year-round. Through hands-on workshops interactive discussions and public forums r2r involves youth in actively viewing discussing and creating film. Youth are exposed to ideas and cultural perspectives unavailable in mainstream media increasing their understanding of fi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $307K | $299K | $172K | — | — | $129K |
| 2023 | $323K | $331K | $104K | — | — | $121K |
| 2022 | $289K | $331K | $299K | — | — | $129K |
| 2021 | $460K | $391K | $350K | — | — | $171K |
| 2020 | $213K | $137K | $123K | — | — | $102K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $250 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$125K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jodi Derkson (director); Jessica Fairbairn (vice president); Nicole Koller (president); Maria Cecilia Saba Bonilla (director); Elizabeth Towards (treasurer); Kam-Sein Yee (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Reel to Real: a Celebration of Moving Images for Youth Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 880418702RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.