Literacyworks Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 131163248RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($161,845) as filed with the CRA.
Literacyworks Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $158K in revenue and $162K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government, 12% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,544.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Literacyworks is a non-profit charitable literacy organization that provides adults with literacy instruction as an essential life skill. Literacyworks offers basic reading writing and math skills to help learners enhance their self-sufficiency and quality of life. Our classes are taught by certified instructors.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $158K | $162K | $156K | — | — | $53K |
| 2023 | $158K | $162K | $157K | — | — | $57K |
| 2022 | $149K | $147K | $141K | — | — | $61K |
| 2021 | $154K | $152K | $137K | — | — | $59K |
| 2020 | $161K | $143K | $139K | $260 | — | $57K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,544 from 4 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
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$110K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Luke McKim (vice chair); Maureen Barchyn (secretary); Youlan Wang (secretary); Mohamed Behi (member at large); Michael Bennett (member at large); Mela Kume (member at large); Tracy Douglass (member at large); Suvir Haripersad (past chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Literacyworks Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131163248RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.