Literacy Network of Durham Region
Publicly funded institution · Pickering, Ontario · BN 140784489RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($401,970) as filed with the CRA.
Literacy Network of Durham Region is a charitable organization based in Pickering, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 $408K in revenue and $402K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $968.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $169K in 2020 to $408K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Provided referrals and information to low level literacy adults of programs within 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 | $408K | $402K | $384K | — | — | $115K |
| 2023 | $198K | $191K | $174K | — | — | $109K |
| 2022 | $143K | $142K | $126K | — | — | $103K |
| 2021 | $121K | $121K | $106K | — | — | $101K |
| 2020 | $169K | $168K | $154K | — | — | $101K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $968 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$228K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joanne Docherty (director); Joanne Evans (past chair); Sabrina Yung (treasurer); Laurie Larcombe-Lisle (director); Jennifer Shand (director); Adrienne Rogers (chair); Katie Hill (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Literacy Network of Durham Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140784489RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.