The Vancouver International Writers Festival Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 122605678RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,686,733) as filed with the CRA.
The Vancouver International Writers 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 $1.7M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 37% from government. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $179K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $75K in 2024, the largest being $75K to Vancouver Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The vancouver writers fest is one of north america'a premier producers of literary events. The society presents an annual week-long festival in late october the incite reading series in the spring and a host of other literary and fundraising events throughout the year. Vancouver writes fest activities attract 22 000+ readers of all ages annually. Writersfest.bc.ca
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $737K | $622K | $75K | $705K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $710K | $730K | — | $659K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.5M | $747K | $574K | — | $602K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $694K | $365K | — | $697K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $960K | $528K | $129K | $80K | $608K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $75K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $179K from 12 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$77K
- United Way British Columbia$39K
- Aqueduct Foundation$25K
- Value Partners Charitable Foundation Inc.$20K
- Mago Charitable Foundation$5,247
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,944
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,847
- Mago Charitable Foundation$1,312
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$750
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$578K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alison Broddle (director); Pat Cumming (director); Julie Iannacone (director); Benita Loughlin (treasurer); Steve Tornes (director); Sonia Wong (director); Deepthi Atukorala (director); Avalon Bourne (director); Sanika Bhurke (director); Daniel Getz (director); Anna Panzo (director); Jillian Stirk (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Vancouver International Writers Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122605678RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.