Literacy Council of Durham Region
Publicly funded institution · Pickering, Ontario · BN 119021194RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($436,221) as filed with the CRA.
Literacy Council of Durham Region is a charitable organization based in Pickering, 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 $454K in revenue and $436K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $88K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $192K in 2020 to $454K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
From our office we do literacy and numeracy tutoring math class student assessments volunteer orientation interviews. We also supply tutoring materials and support to tutors and education in the durham region.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $454K | $436K | $407K | — | — | $135K |
| 2023 | $153K | $169K | $147K | — | — | $118K |
| 2022 | $186K | $159K | $130K | — | — | $133K |
| 2021 | $181K | $176K | $151K | — | — | $106K |
| 2020 | $192K | $179K | $156K | — | — | $100K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $88K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$332K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gabrianna Jolie (president); Jan Phillips (vp communications); Lisa Wilder (director); Liz Lopez-Grier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Literacy Council of Durham Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119021194RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.