Salt Spring Literacy Society
Charitable organization · Salt Spring Island, British Columbia · BN 849052790RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($140,209) as filed with the CRA.
Salt Spring Literacy Society is a charitable organization based in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $155K in revenue and $140K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 20% from government, 23% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Learning together one to one reading program tutoring families literacy friendly readers (seniors program) literacy themed workshops & events 1000 x 5 supplying books to preschool children
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $155K | $140K | $138K | — | — | $219K |
| 2023 | $168K | $143K | $125K | $16K | — | $205K |
| 2022 | $170K | $144K | $128K | $14K | — | $180K |
| 2021 | $168K | $133K | $121K | $9,821 | — | $154K |
| 2020 | $104K | $97K | $96K | — | — | $119K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$74K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Clark (secretary); Julie Van Soren (board member); Nancy Garish (chairperson); Ian Brunskill (board member); Igor Dormokhid (board member); Janet Kellar (board member); Mary Proulx (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Salt Spring Literacy Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 849052790RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.