League of Canadian Poets
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 123773764RR0001 · National Arts Service Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($565,608) as filed with the CRA.
League of Canadian Poets is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under national arts service organizations. 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 $471K in revenue and $566K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $24K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Established in 1966 the League of Canadian Poets is a National Arts Service Organization dedicated to supporting poets building poetic communities supporting inclusive and equitable free expression and promoting Canadian poets and poetry.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $471K | $566K | $341K | $1,464 | — | $120K |
| 2023 | $468K | $525K | $285K | $300 | — | $215K |
| 2022 | $451K | $440K | $232K | $7,702 | — | $215K |
| 2021 | $469K | $449K | $226K | $559 | — | $204K |
| 2020 | $456K | $428K | $228K | $559 | — | $155K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $24K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$182K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tracy Hamon (past president); Michael Andrews (treasurer); Rayanne Haines (president); Stuart McKay (director at large); Hendrik Slegtenhorst (vice president); Frances Boyle (secretary); Jaclyn Desforges (director at large); Hollay Ghadery (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from League of Canadian Poets’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 123773764RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.