Elementary Literacy Inc./L'Alphabétisation au Primaire Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Fredericton, New Brunswick · BN 813778826RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,191,849) as filed with the CRA.
Elementary Literacy Inc./L'Alphabétisation au Primaire Inc. is a charitable organization based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $875K in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 51% from government, 13% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $553K in 2020 to $875K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To support students in achieving reading success by the end of grade two elementary literacy inc. Offers two reading programs free of charge to elementary schools across new brunswick. Elementary literacy friends (elf) and communautes litteratle enfants francophones (clef). Elf and clef are designed as supplementary reading achievement programs that can be effectively implemented reading achievement programs that can be effectively implemented by community volunteers who have no background in education or teaching children to read. Students benefit from one-on-one attention from a trained c…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $875K | $1.2M | $1.2M | — | — | -$26K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | $291K |
| 2022 | $1M | $1M | $960K | — | — | $629K |
| 2021 | $895K | $723K | $700K | — | — | $618K |
| 2020 | $553K | $581K | $563K | — | — | $446K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roxanne Fairweather (chair); Shelley Rinehart (director); Patrick Lacroix (director); John De Gruvter (director); Judith Bagley (director); Lois Scott (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Elementary Literacy Inc./L'Alphabétisation au Primaire Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 813778826RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.