The Western Front Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119293280RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,114,416) as filed with the CRA.
The Western Front Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $165K.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The Western Front supports a multidisciplinary program that provides opportunities to artists working across music media art visual art performance and literature to create and present art through exhibitions performances concerts publishing residencies workshops and talks.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $874K | $71K | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $977K | $966K | $601K | $83K | $15K | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $978K | $828K | $612K | $32K | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $875K | $771K | $497K | $69K | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $946K | $876K | $607K | $116K | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $165K from 7 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$403K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mari Fujita (president); Joost Bakker (treasurer); Jenni Schine (member-at-large); Lindsay Sherman (member-at-large); Shae Anthony (member-at-large); Kate Barry (secretary); Ryan Tacata (vice-president); James Jeffries-Chung (member-at-large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Western Front Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119293280RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.