Lunenburg Doc Fest Association
Publicly funded institution · Lunenburg, Nova Scotia · BN 815707435RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($230,096) as filed with the CRA.
Lunenburg Doc Fest Association is a charitable organization based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, 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 November 30, 2024, it reported $247K in revenue and $230K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 71% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $6,854.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $120K in 2020 to $247K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
To advance the public's appreciation of the arts and to promote excellence in the documentary filmmaking industry by providing a documentary film festival showcasing high-quality documentary films to the public. To advance education by providing workshops seminars and panels on documentary filmmaking and related topics. To advance education by providing publicly available busaries to deserving youth which are to be used in post-secondary education in televison or filmmaking.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $247K | $230K | $184K | $7,690 | — | $45K |
| 2023 | $211K | $282K | $201K | $9,819 | — | $28K |
| 2022 | $252K | $274K | $168K | $32K | $110 | $100K |
| 2021 | $159K | $121K | $82K | $15K | — | $122K |
| 2020 | $120K | $115K | $60K | — | — | $84K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,854 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,854
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$29K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bruce Maccormack (chair); Debora Walsh (secretary); Alan Scott (treasurer); Allan Rubenstein (director); Richard Brown (director); John McLennan (director); Carole Macneil (director); Alexandra Duckworth (director); Geoff D'Eon (director); Meghan Hanion (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lunenburg Doc Fest Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815707435RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.