The Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival (The VHS)
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 733956114RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($74,481) as filed with the CRA.
The Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival (The VHS) 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 $74K in revenue and $74K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from government. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,000.
Compared with 986 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $13K in 2020 to $74K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival continued its mission to celebrate great works in the horror genre in 2024 with an in-person event over two weekends which included 8 feature films 46 short films 4 panel discussions and awards presented in 21 categories. In 2024 VHS also became a Canadian Screen Award qualifying festival. All selected filmmakers were promoted and featured on the VHS website social media platforms and editorials featured in print and digital media including CBC Radio Global News The Vancouver Sun and the Vancouver Guardian. In 2024 the VHS also continued w…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $74K | $74K | $73K | — | $0 | $2,125 |
| 2023 | $70K | $70K | $70K | — | $0 | $2,664 |
| 2022 | $37K | $37K | $33K | — | $0 | $1,420 |
| 2021 | $15K | $15K | $11K | — | — | $1,774 |
| 2020 | $13K | $13K | — | — | — | $2,351 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $1,000 from 1 charity:
- Lohn Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$31K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Taylor (president); Meghan Hemingway (vice president); Keara Barnes (director); Ambika Srinivas (director); Arianna McGreggor (director); Paul Magor (director); Stefania Indelicato (secretary); Yvonne Gustafson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival (The VHS)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 733956114RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.