Abc Life Literacy Canada
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 132097957RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,644,757) as filed with the CRA.
Abc Life Literacy Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $3.7M in revenue and $3.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations, 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $69K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $3.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
ABC's programs raise awareness of literacy as a key skill for an informed population. ABC develops and distributes programs to enhance the financial family digital and workplace skills of Canadians.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.6M | $3.4M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $3M | $2.7M | $2.5M | $4,779 | — | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.2M | $12K | $0 | $2M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $17K | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $30K | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $69K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Timothy Davison (chair director); Carmelina Riccio (treasurer director); Matthew Shulman (secretary director); Shane Wark (director); Mike Luff (director); Korinne Collins (vice chair director); Andrea Baldwin (director); Beverly Cheung (director); Shahroz Ahmad (director); Ian Khan (director); Sheila Martinez (director); Isaac Verhoeven (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Abc Life Literacy Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132097957RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.