Simcoe Muskoka Workforce Development Board and Literacy Network
Publicly funded institution · Barrie, Ontario · BN 141034975RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($585,091) as filed with the CRA.
Simcoe Muskoka Workforce Development Board and Literacy Network is a charitable organization based in Barrie, Ontario, 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 $591K in revenue and $585K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $288.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $103K in 2020 to $591K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The organization operates to provide the simcoe county and muskoka literacy developmental needs. The network is a provincial literacy network that supports adult literacy agencies within simcoe county and muskoka. The workforce board is engaged in the business of analysing labour market data and making recommendations on training needs in simcoe county & muskoka. The organization provides this ongoing service as well as the ongoing literacy network activity.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $591K | $585K | $555K | — | — | $169K |
| 2023 | $478K | $477K | $420K | — | — | $164K |
| 2022 | $383K | $372K | $351K | — | — | $162K |
| 2021 | $107K | $108K | — | — | — | $56K |
| 2020 | $103K | $112K | — | — | — | $57K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $288 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$273K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mylene Feyout-Edwards (secretary); James Fielding (director); Suzanne McCrimmon (director); Charlotte Parliament (president/chair); Carl Persaud (director); Cameron Christie (director); Kelly Watson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Simcoe Muskoka Workforce Development Board and Literacy Network’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 141034975RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.