The Vancouver Out on Screen Film and Video Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 890743792RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,367,559) as filed with the CRA.
The Vancouver Out on Screen Film and Video 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 $1.1M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 40% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $89K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
1. The Vancouver Queer Festival is a vibrant space for queer arts culture and community. The Festival celebrates and promotes authentic authorship and representation that uplifts empowers and furthers the liberty culture and justice of 2SLGBTQIA+ people. 2. Out In Schools is an award winning education program that brings age-appropriate 2SLGBTQIA+ cinema into school classrooms and communities across BC to combat homophobia transphobia and bullying and to provide the language and tools for inclusion.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.4M | $801K | $151K | — | $436K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $967K | $191K | — | $662K |
| 2022 | $881K | $1.1M | $874K | $69K | — | $740K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $982K | $36K | — | $949K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1M | $994K | $18K | $5,000 | $851K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $89K from 10 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$23K
- The Aune Foundation$20K
- Canada Post Community Foundation/Fondation Communautaire de Postes Canada$15K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,987
- Remembering Otto and Marie Pick Charitable Foundation$5,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,549
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,478
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$520
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$62
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$850K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christopher Hallamore (board chair); Carlson Hui (secretary); Karan Kedia (treasurer); Daniel Gallardo Zamora (director at large); Michela Fiorido (director at large); Lee Smith (director at large); Trevor Aune (director at large); Amin Ghaziani (director at large); Dimple Takhtani (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Vancouver Out on Screen Film and Video Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890743792RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.