South Shore Literacy Council
Publicly funded institution · Longueuil, Quebec · BN 896405149RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($226,967) as filed with the CRA.
South Shore Literacy Council is a charitable organization based in Longueuil, Quebec, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $193K in revenue and $227K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $835.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1. Adult literacy - tutor training and one-on-one tutoring for adults - 12 tutors and 15 students. 2. Care-share - program for intellectually and/or physically challenged adults - 15 participants - weekly meetings with the following goals: improve writing and reading fluency; develop life and social skills; apply strategic participation and leadership skills; and teambuilding skills. 3. Family literacy - 'mother goose' program - a pre-literacy music program for parents and their infant children structured to provide: parent-child interaction language acquisition and socialization. Professi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $193K | $227K | $227K | — | — | $50K |
| 2023 | $159K | $157K | $146K | $16 | — | $84K |
| 2022 | $163K | $166K | $147K | — | — | $81K |
| 2021 | $133K | $108K | $94K | — | — | $84K |
| 2020 | $147K | $126K | $101K | — | — | $58K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $835 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$172K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rachel Wagner (directrice générale); Caryn Shacter (président); Helen Noakes (vice-président); David Schurman (trésorier); Annie Beauregard (administrateur); Sarah DI Milo (administrateur); Kevin Wright (administrateur); Mary O'Malley (secrétaire).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from South Shore Literacy Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896405149RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.