Canadian Film Institute
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118831023RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,757,633) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Film Institute is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $473.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Presentation of Canadian and international cinema. Educational programming. Publications and websites that promote Canadian cinema and other media arts. Presenter of the major festivals The Ottawa International Animation Festival and The International Film Festival of Ottawa.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $47K | — | $242K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $62K | — | $319K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $78K | — | $513K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $880K | $87K | — | $577K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $975K | $84K | — | $371K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $473 from 3 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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$754K
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 Canadian Film Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118831023RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.