Literacy Alberni Society
Publicly funded institution · Port Alberni, British Columbia · BN 852039940RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($322,179) as filed with the CRA.
Literacy Alberni Society is a charitable organization based in Port Alberni, British Columbia, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $327K in revenue and $322K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 51% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $75K.
The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Literacy instruction esl instruction family literacy activities tutoring activities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $327K | $322K | — | — | — | -$42K |
| 2022 | $329K | $412K | $381K | $5,151 | — | -$71K |
| 2021 | $551K | $497K | $484K | $2,100 | — | $12K |
| 2020 | $331K | $340K | $320K | $4,178 | — | -$42K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $75K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$223K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melinda Henson (secretary); Anna Lewis (director); Ashlyn Thompson (director); Paul Thompson (chair); Crista Male (director); Robert Michael Slade (director); Kelly Lee Poirier (director); Corinne Adela Moore (director); Abdi Abdifatah (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Literacy Alberni Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852039940RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.