Kingston Literacy & Skills
Publicly funded institution · Kingston, Ontario · BN 118982172RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,800,956) as filed with the CRA.
Kingston Literacy & Skills is a charitable organization based in Kingston, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $1.9M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Kingston literacy & skills operated two adult literacy centres offering essential skills literacy numeracy and computer training on a one-on-one basis with volunteers in small group settings while supervised by professional instructors. We also offer onsite adult upgrading at the napanee detention centre. On an ongoing basis kingston literacy & skills conducts research projects and promotes public awareness of literacy issues.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1,364 | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.5M | $388 | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $229 | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $29 | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $6,390 | — | $0 |
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 positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Callum Anderson (president); Carynne Arnold (treasurer); Katie Grove (secretary); Yu Jier Kou (director); Janice Minard; Christianne Wojcik (executive director); Sanjeev Kumar (vice chair); Dajana Turkovic (director); Nayeeda Rao (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kingston Literacy & Skills’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118982172RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.