Literacy for Life Foundation
Charitable organization · Okotoks, Alberta · BN 869707661RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($155,863) as filed with the CRA.
Literacy for Life Foundation is a charitable organization based in Okotoks, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $21K in revenue and $156K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $221.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $151K in 2020 to $21K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Create awareness of the importance of literacy and learning to an individual's success in community work and family. Family/adult programs and services that build literacy and essentials skills across the age continuum with main focus on adults. Provide training and curriculum development at a provincial level
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21K | $156K | — | — | — | $28K |
| 2023 | $2,026 | $159K | — | — | — | $18K |
| 2022 | $7,080 | $157K | — | — | — | $26K |
| 2021 | $143K | $137K | $59K | — | — | $23K |
| 2020 | $151K | $170K | $114K | $6,633 | — | $17K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $221 from 1 charity:
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$82K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Helen Rogers (chairperson); Stephanie Laitre (treasurer); Sandra Oleksiw (director); Pamela Guthrie-Fleming (director); Virginia Tyler (secretary); Ruthanne Koyama (director); Kathleen Clare De Cusho (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Literacy for Life Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869707661RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.