Northern Visions Independent Video and Film Association
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 127418762RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($469,462) as filed with the CRA.
Northern Visions Independent Video and Film Association is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $407K in revenue and $469K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $3,552.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Northern visions independent video & film association (the 'images festival') is a registered charity whose purpose is to produce an annual media arts festival. Images festival presents an international platform for contempoary moving image culture in toronto canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $407K | $469K | $337K | — | — | $33K |
| 2023 | $509K | $527K | $422K | — | — | $95K |
| 2022 | $407K | $361K | $257K | — | — | $112K |
| 2021 | $465K | $480K | $300K | — | — | $66K |
| 2020 | $468K | $438K | $263K | — | — | $81K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,552 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,552
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$251K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northern Visions Independent Video and Film Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 127418762RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.