Festival international de la littérature (FIL)
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 851591974RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($740,728) as filed with the CRA.
Festival international de la littérature (FIL) is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $725K in revenue and $741K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Le mandat de l'entité est principalement de concevoir et produire annuellement un festival de littérature de langue française à caractère international et multidisciplinaire tout en accordant une place prépondérante à la littérature québécoise. Elle a aussi comme objet de concevoir une programmation visant à la promotion de tous les genres littéraires.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $725K | $741K | $734K | — | — | $34K |
| 2023 | $657K | $670K | — | — | — | $50K |
| 2022 | $699K | $691K | — | — | — | $62K |
| 2021 | $623K | $543K | — | — | — | $53K |
| 2020 | $560K | $554K | $402K | $70K | — | -$26K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$168K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stanley Péan (président); Chrystine Brouillet (vice-présidente); Carole David (secrétaire); Louis Bouchard (trésorier); Marie-Gabrielle Bélanger (adm); Michelle Corbeil (adm); Martine Desjardins (adm); Claudia Larochelle (adm); Isabelle Reid (adm); Elkahna Talbi (adm); Chantal Desjardins (adm); Martin Faucher (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Festival international de la littérature (FIL)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851591974RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.