Niagara Regional Literacy Council
Publicly funded institution · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 119057545RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($260,871) as filed with the CRA.
Niagara Regional Literacy Council is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $274K in revenue and $261K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $192.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Niagara regional literacy council founded in 1978 is a community-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing literacy. Our trained volunteer tutors assist adults with reading writing numeracy workplace computer and life skills. Mission: to assist adults in achieving a more productive and satisfying lifestyle through literacy upgrading. The council offers free instruction in employment computer upgrading including assisted job search and resume writing. Instruction in pre-g.e.d; ready for work programs such as office clerk grounds maintenance kitchen help janitorial hel…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $274K | $261K | $36K | — | — | $108K |
| 2023 | $195K | — | $107K | — | — | $95K |
| 2022 | $187K | $191K | — | — | — | $95K |
| 2021 | $177K | $190K | — | — | — | $98K |
| 2020 | $193K | $188K | — | — | — | $112K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $192 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$151K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Niagara Regional Literacy Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119057545RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.