Braille Literacy Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 889010799RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($27,145) as filed with the CRA.
Braille Literacy Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $141K in revenue and $27K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $10K in 2020 to $141K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Brailler bounce: refurbishing old/unwanted perkins braillers and finding them new homes with people who will use them. Braille zoomers: adults who are new to learning braille or are relearning braille gather virtually to learn and improve braille skills through peer support. Edie mourre scholarship: a scholarship is awarded to partially pay for fees associated with braille transcriber courses. French braille and braille in libraries programs were not utilized this fiscal year but they are still programs that are offered. Braille symposium and other braille workshops including world braille da…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $141K | $27K | — | — | — | $223K |
| 2023 | $33K | $12K | — | — | — | $44K |
| 2022 | $22K | $18K | $10K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $18K | $10K | $4,709 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $10K | $9,265 | $3,909 | — | — | $10K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 3 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,777
- Vancouver Foundation$2,133
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$286
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daphne Hitchcock (president); Natalina Martiniello (past president); Jen Jesso (secretary); Kim Kilpatrick (vice president); Riane Lapaire (treasurer); Adam Wilton (director); Tamara Boccaccio (director); Ashley Shaw (director); Shawn Lebrun (director); Glenda Parsons (director); Anthony Tibbs (director); Cathy Ausman (director); Maryse Glaude-Beaulieu (director); Joan McGouran (director); Marilyn Rushton (director); Leo Bissonnette (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Braille Literacy Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889010799RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.