Forest City Film Festival
Charitable organization · London, Ontario · BN 768771891RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($620,836) as filed with the CRA.
Forest City Film Festival is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $671K in revenue and $621K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from government, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,274.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. 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.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $213K in 2020 to $671K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Fcff celebrates and nurtures the film industry in southwestern ontario honoring films and filmmakers from the region showcasing new compelling work and inspiring future artists. Fcff presents and annual film festival in london ontario showcasing films with a connection to southwestern ontario. In addition to showcasing films fcff hosts a variety of filmmaker information sessions. Fcff also hosts a regional high school film festival.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $671K | $621K | $560K | $40K | — | $5,280 |
| 2023 | $512K | $538K | $477K | $42K | — | -$45K |
| 2022 | $400K | $460K | $450K | — | — | -$31K |
| 2021 | $279K | $263K | $262K | — | — | $29K |
| 2020 | $213K | $207K | $206K | — | — | $13K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,274 from 2 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,274
- London Community Foundation$1,000
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$261K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maria Alexoploulos (director); Nancy Branscombe (director); John Brennan (director); Rob Carver (director); Andrew Dodd (director); Megan Fowler (director); Ethan Hickey (dirctor); Lamise Kablawi (director); Nord Mensah (director); Mark Vogelsang (director); Janice Zolf (director); Lamise Kablawi (director); Cameron McCormack (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Forest City Film Festival’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 768771891RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.