Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 883954026RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,406,959) as filed with the CRA.
Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 28% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $19K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Promote and operate an annual independent film festival
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $946K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $688K | — | — | $953K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $844K | $640K | — | — | $897K |
| 2021 | $800K | $674K | $491K | — | — | $484K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $750K | — | — | $379K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $19K from 6 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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$523K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 883954026RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.