Nickel Independent Film and Video Festival Inc.
Publicly funded institution · ST John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 856136007RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($256,484) as filed with the CRA.
Nickel Independent Film and Video Festival Inc. is a charitable organization based in ST John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $227K in revenue and $256K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,096.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Nickel Independent Film Festival began in 2001 in St. John's Newfoundland & Labrador. Inspired by a need for local filmmakers to show their films the Nickel occurs each year in the third week of June at the historic LSPU Hall. With diverse selections from every genre it continues to expand its programming and screens local Canadian and foreign short films features documentaries animations music videos and experimental films. Along with 5- 8 screenings of independent films the festival offers workshops panels with filmmakers and special events as well as showcasing local performing …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $227K | $256K | $231K | — | — | $25K |
| 2023 | $272K | $289K | $260K | — | — | $55K |
| 2022 | $248K | $259K | $259K | — | — | $73K |
| 2021 | $229K | $204K | $204K | — | — | $84K |
| 2020 | $169K | $174K | $144K | $101 | — | $58K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $1,096 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$126K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ane Christensen (chair); Tim Conway (director); Cara Powell (director); Andrea Kean (director); Justin Oakey (director); Geoffrey Lewis (treasurer); Matthew Power (director); Heidi Retzlaff (director); Travis Richards (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nickel Independent Film and Video Festival Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856136007RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.