The Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Inc
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 871515995RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,704,525) as filed with the CRA.
The Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Inc is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations, 22% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $302K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Inside out is a non-profit organization that is committed to the exhibition promotion and production of canadian and international queer cinema to a diverse and inclusive community. Through the generous support of it's members and several annual initiatives including a scholarship fund peer-mentoring touring program and one of the world's premier lgbt film festivals inside out has been challenging attitudes and changing lives for more than 20 years.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | — | $432K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.9M | $1.5M | — | — | $685K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $9,846 | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.1M | $15K | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $302K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$991K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christopher McKenzie (chair); Christopher Scammell (treasurer); Ali Khan (secretary); Sarah Claydon (director); Aleia Gland (director); Emilio Goya (director); Alex Lalonde (director); Linda Tsang (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871515995RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.