N.w.t. Literacy Council
Publicly funded institution · Yellowknife, Northwest Territories · BN 890555261RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,544,438) as filed with the CRA.
N.w.t. Literacy Council is a charitable organization based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $3.3M in revenue and $3.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $154K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $3.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Indigenous literacy: enchances the understanding of indigenous literacy. Adult literacy support: provides a range of adult literacy supports. Including adult literacy research development of adult literacy instructional resources literacy promotions adult literacy practitioner training and information sharing. Familiy literacy: resource development in family literacy and essential skills. Youth: re-engages nothern youth in literacy and essential skills enhancement. Community connections program (immigrants refugees and citizenship canad) the community program offers non-formal literacy and…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.5M | $3.1M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.7M | $2.3M | — | — | $818K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $999K |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $747K |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $2M | $1.9M | — | — | $670K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $154K from 3 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melani Adams (vice president / secretary); Rachel Vanderveen (treasurer); Dayna Manuel (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from N.w.t. Literacy Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890555261RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.