Calgary Reads (an Early Literacy Initiative) Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 861127538RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-05-24. Split of total expenditures ($1,955,250) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Reads (an Early Literacy Initiative) Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending May 24, 2023, it reported $212K in revenue and $2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 30% from government, 38% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,000.
Compared with 1,733 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $212K in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
We read: sharing online training and tutoring great read-aloud books and games with kindergarten and gr 1 students on a digital platform reading place: testing innovative ideas to catalyze a love of reading and create literacy-rich environments in both school and/ community little free libraries: supplying free books to little free library stewards so communities can share and enjoy reading little red reading house: an inspiring and inviting place promoting the love of reading and earlt literacy where children can explore reading spaces participate in fun literacy activities and choose …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $212K | $2M | $1.2M | $71K | $541K | $100 |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $1.1M | $972K | $57K | — | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $740K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $62K | — | $633K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,000 from 1 charity:
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$464K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Steacy Pinney (chief executive officer); Monica Mochoruk (chairperson); Vicki Reid (past chair); Matt Knapik (director); Blain Van Melle (director); Candice LI (treasurer); Jason Abbate (director); Robert Fooks (director); Robert Urbanowski (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Reads (an Early Literacy Initiative) Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861127538RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.