Whistler Film Festival Society
Charitable organization · Whistler, British Columbia · BN 856677844RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,106,811) as filed with the CRA.
Whistler Film Festival Society is a charitable organization based in Whistler, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $37K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The whistler film festival society (wffs) is a charitable not-for-profit cultural and educational organization committeed to celebrating promoting and developing a strong film industry in western canada and to showcasing the best films from canada and around the world. Wffs produces one of canada's leading film festivals and plays a leadership role in offering professional development programs and opportunities for filmmakers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $3,303 | — | $29K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $98K | — | $24K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $48K | — | $184K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $839K | — | — | -$20K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | — | -$23K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $37K from 4 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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$271K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sue Brouse (chair); Ann Chiasson (vice-chair); Daniel Cruz (director); Shauna Hardy Mishaw (director); Rob Larson (secretary); Karla Laird (director); Liane Bedard (treasurer); John Ritchie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Whistler Film Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856677844RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.