Foundation for Civic Literacy
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 801009002RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($72,091) as filed with the CRA.
Foundation for Civic Literacy is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $206K in revenue and $72K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 48% from other charities. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $110K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $51K in 2020 to $206K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Promoting civic literacy by participating in history literature and civics forums and publishing a bi-annual history and literary magazine.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $206K | $72K | $50K | — | — | $144K |
| 2023 | $54K | $82K | $60K | — | — | $9,888 |
| 2022 | $48K | $74K | $53K | — | — | $38K |
| 2021 | $95K | $49K | $34K | — | — | $64K |
| 2020 | $51K | $54K | $37K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $110K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Benjamin Mackenzie (president); Kenneth Bradley (treasurer); Stuart Iversen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Foundation for Civic Literacy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801009002RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.