Canadian Film in the Schools
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 850892365RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,966,430) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Film in the Schools is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $52K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $2.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Organization develops and produces festivals of canadian film in order to raise awareness among students of the achievements of canadian filmmakers and to instill pride in being canadian through three programmes: 1. Our films in our schools (film festivals in high schools) 2. Welcome to canada (introducing new-canadian esi students to canadian film through festival events); and 3. National canadian film day (a one-day festival that brings canadian films to high schools and other venues throughout the country)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $3M | $2.6M | — | — | $354K |
| 2023 | $3M | $3.4M | $3.1M | — | — | $531K |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $2.6M | $2.3M | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $2.3M | $2.1M | — | — | $698K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | -$100K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $52K from 3 charities:
- RBC Foundation$40K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,564
- Toronto Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Reg Bronskill (treasurer); Curtis Barlow (non-voting); Liz Shorten (board chair); Atom Egoyan (director); Veronica Tennant (director); Jack Blum (executive director); Colm Feore (director); Mina Shum (director); Jason Ryle (director); Andra Takacs (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Film in the Schools’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850892365RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.