New Brunswick Filmmakers CO-Operative Limited
Publicly funded institution · Fredericton, New Brunswick · BN 130421530RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($313,668) as filed with the CRA.
New Brunswick Filmmakers CO-Operative Limited is a charitable organization based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $294K in revenue and $314K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,078.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the 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.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
1) cash grants to filmmakers 2) partner nb short film venture program; 3) free equipment/ editing facility 4) training workshops; 5) partner - unb film program; 6) silver wave film festival screens over 40 new brunswick films annually 7) run monday night film series (unb) 8) partner in free outdoors summer screening program; 9) 48 hour film competiton telling all our stories grants (2slgbtqia+) and indigenous film grants
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $294K | $314K | $213K | — | — | $703K |
| 2023 | $279K | $258K | $147K | — | — | $723K |
| 2022 | $224K | $202K | $101K | — | — | $689K |
| 2021 | $228K | $212K | $118K | — | — | $667K |
| 2020 | $269K | $250K | $153K | — | — | $581K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $2,078 from 2 charities:
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$130K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jillian Acreman (president); Donovan Richard (director); Allan Saulls (director); Becky Parsons (director); Danielle D'Entremont (dierctor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from New Brunswick Filmmakers CO-Operative Limited’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130421530RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.