Cine Franco
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 872263975RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($171,782) as filed with the CRA.
Cine Franco 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 November 30, 2024, it reported $234K in revenue and $172K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $113K in 2020 to $234K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Organize events to celebrate and promote the diversity and richness of frnech languaage cinema for francophones francophiles film lovers by inviting filmmakers special guests to engage in a dialogue (q&a) on variou aspects of their films and approaches to topics; -use of films as a powerful tool for communications language practice and understanding of background cultures; -coordinate events with french speaking organizations in canada (quebec new brunswick) to promote national francophone cinema and further friendship with the province of ontario. -conduct events to foster and develop…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $234K | $172K | $127K | — | — | $263K |
| 2023 | $171K | $189K | $146K | — | — | $200K |
| 2022 | $221K | $234K | $177K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $279K | $204K | $133K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $113K | $121K | $68K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marcelle Lean (director); Francois Blanc (director); Joseph Abergel (director); David Couturier (director); Patrick Robert (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cine Franco’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872263975RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.