Literary Review of Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 848431490RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($816,491) as filed with the CRA.
Literary Review of Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $896K in revenue and $816K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 38% from government, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $212K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
To publish the leading canadian literary journal for the exhcange of ideas through book reviews and essays written by talented canadian authors
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $896K | $816K | $733K | $1,030 | — | $292K |
| 2023 | $903K | $828K | $744K | $15K | — | $220K |
| 2022 | $850K | $837K | $771K | $150 | — | $145K |
| 2021 | $829K | $759K | $681K | $1,056 | — | $132K |
| 2020 | $720K | $545K | $456K | $3,500 | — | $62K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $212K from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$57K
- Canadahelps Canadon$57K
- The Chawkers foundation$40K
- The Scott Griffin Foundation$25K
- THE IRA GLUSKIN AND MAXINE GRANOVSKY GLUSKIN CHARITABLE FOUNdation$10K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$5,016
- N.a. Taylor Foundation$5,000
- Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Family Foundation$5,000
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Canada Gives$2,000
- Butterfield Family Foundation$1,250
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$520
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$260K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mary Angela Rowe (director); Lindy Ledohowski (director); David Binet (director); Vali Bennett (secretary); Richard Rooney (director); Sara Angel (director); John Macfarlane (chair); Julien Brunet (treasurer); David Staines (director); Scott Griffen (director); Anna Porter (director); Sandy Houston (director); Kevin Garland (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Literary Review of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848431490RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.