The Satellite Video Exchange Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119141497RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($806,026) as filed with the CRA.
The Satellite Video Exchange Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $528K in revenue and $806K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $361.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $4,000 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to Vancouver New Music Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Public media arts presentations technical and artistic workshops mentorship programs screenings distribution of media artworks production support archive and research support.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $528K | $806K | $544K | $45K | $14K | $43K |
| 2023 | $804K | $783K | $626K | $0 | $25K | $375K |
| 2022 | $990K | $924K | $738K | $0 | $0 | $354K |
| 2021 | $721K | $701K | $551K | $0 | — | $289K |
| 2020 | $718K | $531K | $346K | $4,260 | — | $268K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4,000 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $361 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$428K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sarah Bakke; Saghi Ehteshamzadeh (co-chair); Niloufar Samadi (secretary); Chloe Alexander Thompson; Sameena Siddiqui.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Satellite Video Exchange Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119141497RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.