Literacy Unlimited
Charitable organization · Pointe-Claire, Quebec · BN 139269153RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($373,038) as filed with the CRA.
Literacy Unlimited is a charitable organization based in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $373K in revenue and $373K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 41% from government, 25% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $94K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $222K in 2020 to $373K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $373K | $373K | $336K | $5,291 | — | $73K |
| 2023 | $282K | $282K | $255K | $2,769 | — | $73K |
| 2022 | $235K | $235K | $205K | $620 | — | $72K |
| 2021 | $220K | $222K | $200K | $768 | — | $74K |
| 2020 | $222K | $222K | $194K | $2,940 | — | $75K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $94K from 14 charities:
- Hewitt Foundation$24K
- West-island community shares$20K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,420
- Hylcan Foundation$4,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$2,250
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$2,000
- Morley And Rita Cohen Foundation /Fondation Morley Et Rita Cohen$1,000
- Pointe-Claire Oldtimers Foundation$1,000
- The David H. Laidley Foundation/fondation David H. Laidley$1,000
- The Fabrique of the Parish of Saint Luke-Archidiocese de Montreal$500
- Mission Saint Edward The Confessor$400
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$264K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julia Chiarella-Genoni (director); Leslie Carr (vice-president); Margot (maggie) McCulloch (secretary); Josephine E. Sciortino (director); Chantal Longchamp (treasurer); Josephine Pietracupa (director); Mary Ann Mete (president); Will Taylor (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Literacy Unlimited’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139269153RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.