Portage Learning and Literacy Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Portage la Prairie, Manitoba · BN 891220071RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,494,920) as filed with the CRA.
Portage Learning and Literacy Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $30K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 46 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Immigration refugees and citizenship services adult mature 12 and literacy pre-employment training and preparation employment search interview skills settlement services for new comers computer training and money management training
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | — | $183K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | — | $191K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $233K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $168K | — | — | $224K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | — | $216K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $30K from 3 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,99938 positions
- Permanent full-time positions46
- Total compensation, all staff$752K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Beverly Phillips (co-chair); Phillip Lapointe (secretary); Pam Ellis (co chair); Shiela Cole (treasurer); Iftikar Al Houlani (board member); Oleksandr (alex) Hryntsiv (board member); Jo-Anna Wilson (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Portage Learning and Literacy Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891220071RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.