THE DOCUMENTARY MEDIA SOCIETY
Charitable organizationArts·110 - 750 HAMILTON ST · VANCOUVER, BC · V6B 2R5·BN 854305331RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-08-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Our most recent festival held May 2 thru 12 2024 was a more robust ambitious event with a total of 83 films in the program 72 in-person screenings 47 filmmaker Q&As nine in-person industry events and six social events. We were very pleased to welcome audiences to theatrical venues and bring visiting filmmakers to the festival; DOXA hosted 41 Canadian filmmakers/guests and eight international filmmakers/artists. Audiences and filmmakers alike were immensely grateful to view films together and learn from each other through post-screening Q&As and in-person Industry events.
New programs
We were able to host one guest-curated program: Anna curated by Dennis Lim.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)86¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 86¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)14%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)0.3 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$733K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)1%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)51%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-31 | $706K | 80¢ | 20% | 0.3 yr |
| 2020-08-31 | $563K | 74¢ | 26% | 0.8 yr |
| 2021-08-31 | $701K | 69¢ | 21% | 0.5 yr |
| 2022-08-31 | $672K | 78¢ | 22% | 0.4 yr |
| 2023-08-31 | $828K | 80¢ | 20% | 0.4 yr |
| 2024-08-31 | $733K | 86¢ | 14% | 0.3 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Board of directors
9 directors reported · 9 of 9at arm's length
- Gerson, MartinDirectorarm's length
- Pentecost, DebraChairarm's length
- MacRae, JamalaSecretaryarm's length
- Mason, MichelleDirectorarm's length
- Bootsma, RoelofDirectorarm's length
- Tsui, KennethChairarm's length
- Karp, LizzyDirectorarm's length
- Ashleigh, WithallDirectorarm's length
- Heughan-Tony, NatashaVice-Chairarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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