Guelph Film Festival Inc.
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 833458375RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($68,346) as filed with the CRA.
Guelph Film Festival Inc. is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $64K in revenue and $68K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations, 16% from government, 32% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 986 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Nov 1-9: Nine days of documentary film festival in November 2024. 850 attendees 23 documentaries (feature & short) 10 community events around films 9 visiting directors/film subjects. Featured child filmmakers in our 'Tiny Docs for Tiny People' series Pocket Series around town during the festival. The Guelph Film Festival’s mission is to inspire community engagement and appreciation of the arts by connecting people with stories of global reach and local relevance with a focus on social justice environmental issues and community-building. By curating films that spark conversation we pr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $64K | $68K | $64K | — | $0 | $25K |
| 2023 | $84K | $92K | $81K | — | $0 | $27K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 4 charities:
- Toronto Foundation$4,000
- The Guelph Community Foundation$3,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,617
- Musagetes Foundation$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kyle Mackie (chair); Paola Varela (secretary); Patricia Sarafinchin (treasurer); Bortolon-Vettor Emmalia (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Guelph Film Festival Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833458375RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.