Cinefest: the Sudbury Film Festival Inc.
Charitable organization · Sudbury, Ontario · BN 125487744RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,024,069) as filed with the CRA.
Cinefest: the Sudbury Film Festival Inc. is a charitable organization based in Sudbury, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,060.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2M | $799K | $392K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $769K | $378K | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $790K | $343K | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.2M | $692K | $338K | — | $877K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $485K | $302K | — | $692K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,060 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$628K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marett McCulloch (chair); John Querney (secretary); Sophie Gingras (member); Alyson Laking (member); Jacob Raskevicius (member); Johnston Jacob (vice chair); Mary Laur (member); Amanda Berloni (member); Katherine Bowman (member); Brandi Braithwaite (member); Bryan Cooper (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cinefest: the Sudbury Film Festival Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 125487744RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.