Literacy Council York-Simcoe
Publicly funded institution · Newmarket, Ontario · BN 137164869RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($427,397) as filed with the CRA.
Literacy Council York-Simcoe is a charitable organization based in Newmarket, 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 $424K in revenue and $427K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from government, 44% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $116K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Literacy Council York Simcoe (LCYS) develops delivers monitors and evaluates literacy and essential skills training and upgrading programs to advance education for adults who need to improve their skills for a better education a better job and a better life. LCYS provides basic literacy and essential skills development digital literacy and computer and digital device training employability soft skills and financial literacy training and employment-specific training. LCYS's training is provided through one-to-one tutoring with trained volunteers small class instruction/workshops and compu…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $424K | $427K | $353K | — | — | $192K |
| 2023 | $401K | $400K | $326K | — | — | $196K |
| 2022 | $402K | $370K | $303K | — | — | $195K |
| 2021 | $360K | $353K | $286K | — | — | $163K |
| 2020 | $446K | $439K | $374K | $1,995 | — | $156K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $116K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$254K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Demczur (director); Austin Down (director); Nadia de Freitas (chair); Edmund Yeung (vice chair); Alex Lin (treasurer); Sharon Russell (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Literacy Council York-Simcoe’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137164869RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.