National Screen Institute
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 103836722RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,065,502) as filed with the CRA.
National Screen Institute is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $228K in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $67K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.9M in 2020 to $228K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $228K | $3.1M | $2.7M | — | — | $92K |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $2.6M | — | — | $80K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | — | $77K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | -$28K |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.6M | — | — | -$157K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $67K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$955K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brad Pelman (vice chair); Virginia Thompson (vice chair); Vera Houle (director); Michael Levine (director); Melanie Hadley (director); Carissa McCart (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from National Screen Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 103836722RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.