Weengushk International Film Festival
Publicly funded institution · M'Chigeeng, Ontario · BN 730576295RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($584,952) as filed with the CRA.
Weengushk International Film Festival is a private foundation based in M'Chigeeng, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $644K in revenue and $585K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 80% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $117K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% 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 $202K in 2020 to $644K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Weengushk International Film Festival is an indigenous-based organization. We prioritizes people whose voices historically been marginalized and whose stories are under told. It sets out to eradicate injustices in Canadian society while simultaneously transforming the film industry to one of inclusion. We remain committed to our philosophy to present the highest quality films that emphasize Indigenous voices with human rights social/political issues and the environment while providing entertainment and as as escape through film for everyone.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $644K | $585K | $74K | $47K | — | $63K |
| 2023 | $346K | $400K | — | — | — | $7,029 |
| 2022 | $366K | $222K | $98K | — | — | $222K |
| 2021 | $366K | $222K | $102K | — | — | $78K |
| 2020 | $202K | $74K | — | — | — | $128K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $117K from 5 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$88K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nanoshkasheese Debassige (chair); Jonathan Zagula (treasurer); Linda Erskine (board member); Jasmine Panancheese (secretary); Paul McIntyre (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Weengushk International Film Festival’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 730576295RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.