Newfoundland and Labrador · Registered charity
ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC.
ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC. (Newfoundland and Labrador) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$191,695 to it, the largest being RBC FOUNDATION/RBC FONDATION (C$140,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- C$899k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- C$192k
- Net assets
- C$411k
What St. John's International Women's Film Festival Inc. does
Ongoing programs
St. John's international women's film festival presents a signature five-day film festival every october featuring films written or directed by women and gender-diverse artists. In concert with the festival the film industry forum brings in luminaries to participate in panels pitch sessions and networking events. Year-round work includes programs to grow the next generation of filmmakers professional development training outreach initiatives and special screenings and presentations.
As stated on its FY2024 T3010.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from C$365k to C$525k (+44%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 64% · 2018 67% · 2019 63% · 2020 71% · 2021 75% · 2022 66% · 2023 70% · 2024 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC.’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell C$36k → C$20k.
From the CRA filings of ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC.’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC. leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC..
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 92% · 2019 58% · 2020 61% · 2021 51% · 2022 70% · 2023 76% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC. draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Newfoundland and Labrador, across 2 regions in all.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC. is better cushioned than half of the 689 education in the arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 689 education in the arts nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government revenue ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC. reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 64% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC.
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Newfoundland and Labrador
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC.?
- ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC. (Newfoundland and Labrador) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$191,695 to it, the largest being RBC FOUNDATION/RBC FONDATION (C$140,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC. have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 6 organizations giving C$191,695 in grants to ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC., 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC.?
- RBC FOUNDATION/RBC FONDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$140,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ST. JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL INC. find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register