Chapter One Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 738486117RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,662,550) as filed with the CRA.
Chapter One Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from government, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $356K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $208K in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
High Impact Tutoring: Chapter One's specially trained Early Literacy Interventionists (ELIs) use proprietary software to deliver daily face-to-face 1:1 high-impact phonics and reading fluency instruction. In addition to helping children learn to read in under-resourced classrooms Chapter One also provides high-impact reading tutoring to children at home on families' smartphones ensuring accessibility and continuity of learning even in remote and isolated communities. (This program bridges gaps in education reduces barriers to reading support and provides children with equal opportunity to…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.7M | $1.2M | $261K | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1M | $745K | $157K | — | $753K |
| 2022 | $804K | $646K | $448K | $109K | — | $313K |
| 2021 | $417K | $292K | $227K | $24K | — | $155K |
| 2020 | $208K | $174K | $148K | — | — | $30K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $356K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Seth Weinberger (chair); Michael Staruck (director); Maureen Peletier (director); Sandra Peletier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chapter One Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 738486117RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.