Independent Production Fund/fonds Independant de Production
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 131643678RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,451,888) as filed with the CRA.
Independent Production Fund/fonds Independant de Production is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.6M in revenue and $4.5M in expenditures.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.6M in 2020 to $5.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Provide funding to encourage and promote the creation production and performance in canada of dramatic programs for presentation on television and the internet and the interest of the public in television drama web series and children's programming. To provide funding for canadian television series web series and for special events involving the creative aspects of television series and web series
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.6M | $4.5M | $3.5M | — | — | $43.5M |
| 2023 | $4.7M | $4.1M | $3.3M | — | — | $39.6M |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $4.5M | $3.8M | — | — | $35.5M |
| 2021 | $5.4M | $5M | $4.3M | — | — | $43.8M |
| 2020 | $3.6M | $3.8M | $3.2M | — | — | $41.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$503K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Emilia King (director); Kevin Wright (director); Maude-Isabelle Delagrave (director); Joseph Cuyegkeng (director); Sophie Couture (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Independent Production Fund/fonds Independant de Production’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131643678RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.