Atlantic Film Festival Association
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 130319064RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,603,992) as filed with the CRA.
Atlantic Film Festival Association is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $90K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Operated the atlantic international film festival aiff partners and aiff kids - film festival and educational events involving canadian and international films.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $305K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $683K | $142K | — | $344K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $873K | $129K | — | $427K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $488K | $95K | — | $550K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $383K | $75K | — | $482K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $90K 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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$675K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donald McDougall (lifetime ex. officio); Bill Niven (lifetime ex. officio); Liz Rigney (member); Marc Reardon (vice chair secretary); Ann Bernier (member); Sanjeev Pushkarna (member); Kellie Manning (member); Meghan Ory (member); Shawna Hughes (member); Tim Margolian (member); Fabiola Mascaro (member); Christina Johnston (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Atlantic Film Festival Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130319064RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.