Laubach Literacy Ontario
Publicly funded institution · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 133503250RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($637,329) as filed with the CRA.
Laubach Literacy Ontario is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 $648K in revenue and $637K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $26.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $196K in 2020 to $648K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Laubach literacy ontario provides the following services: a) support agencies to deliver coordinated quality lbs responses to emerging issues. B) provide support for ministry led initatives using a model of continous improvement. C) develop and provide accessible quality resources to support agencies that deliver programs. D) support professional development of mltsd funded agencies to effectively deliver lbs programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $648K | $637K | $579K | — | — | $113K |
| 2023 | $436K | $430K | $208K | — | — | $103K |
| 2022 | $248K | $246K | $157K | — | — | $96K |
| 2021 | $169K | $164K | $104K | — | — | $95K |
| 2020 | $196K | $175K | $124K | — | — | $89K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26 from 1 charity:
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$203K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vandra McQuarrie (president); Gary Porter (treasurer); Sarah Maloney (secretary); Jaclyne Edmondson (vice president); Jack Osborne (student rep).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Laubach Literacy Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133503250RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.