ST. James Town Family Literacy Services
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 856298005RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($231,465) as filed with the CRA.
ST. James Town Family Literacy Services is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $54K in revenue and $231K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $58K.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $388K in 2020 to $54K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We provide a variety of english language classes including introductory business language and work place english. This is done in both a formal and informal cafe setting. We provide literacy training in a computer environment for both adults and children finally our organization aids in helping syrian families establish roots in canada. The organization provides a variety of work shops and progrms focused on environmental literacy additionally the organization provides a variety of programs and workshops focused on health behaviours
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $54K | $231K | $211K | — | — | $39K |
| 2023 | $272K | $255K | $255K | — | — | $216K |
| 2022 | $292K | $290K | — | — | — | $199K |
| 2021 | $401K | $400K | — | — | — | $198K |
| 2020 | $388K | $379K | $359K | — | — | $197K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $58K from 4 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$99K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris Hallett (chair); Surabhi Khare (board member); Nicodeme Mugisho (board member); Vishal Reddy (board member); Shabana Sohail (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST. James Town Family Literacy Services’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856298005RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.