Northern Lights Festival Boreal
Publicly funded institution · Sudbury, Ontario · BN 119060036RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($679,743) as filed with the CRA.
Northern Lights Festival Boreal is a charitable organization based in Sudbury, Ontario, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $665K in revenue and $680K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,915.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $305K in 2020 to $665K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Northern lights festival boreal (nlfb) annually presents a four day arts and music festival in sudbury ontario canada. The festival is held in july. The festival boasts numerous workshops art based demonstrations and musical performances from artists all around canada as well as some foreign content. During the course of the year nlfb also presents small concert shows including bloom and other series. This festival is to run annually in march with a focus on international music.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $665K | $680K | $745K | — | — | $155K |
| 2023 | $755K | $767K | $745K | — | $500 | $152K |
| 2022 | $880K | $880K | $851K | — | $500 | $164K |
| 2021 | $280K | $240K | $223K | — | — | $164K |
| 2020 | $305K | $303K | $326K | $150 | — | $124K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,915 from 3 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$155K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas McAllister (vice-chair); Kevin Despot (chair); Sara Torres (general member); Casey Crowe (treasurer); Isabella Izumi (secretary); Joshua Murdoch (general member); Parker Williams (general member); Tonye Iti-Oriakhi (general member); Alex Joly (general member); Alex Bertuzzi (general member); Brennon Patterson (general member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northern Lights Festival Boreal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119060036RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.