Tamil Literary Garden
Charitable organization · Markham, Ontario · BN 861071371RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($21,827) as filed with the CRA.
Tamil Literary Garden is a charitable organization based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $33K in revenue and $22K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $48.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Presented awards for best works in fiction poetry non-fiction information technology in tamil. Organized cultural event promoting tamil culture such as literature theatre and dance held workshops for related work mentioned above.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $33K | $22K | $20K | — | — | $34K |
| 2023 | $23K | $41K | $40K | — | — | $22K |
| 2022 | $25K | $11K | $9,076 | — | — | $40K |
| 2021 | $16K | $6,036 | $2,522 | — | $1,932 | $26K |
| 2020 | $25K | $22K | $21K | — | — | $16K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $48 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Chelva Kanaganayakam (director president); Appadurai Muttulingam (director secretary); Kandiah Mahalingam (director treasurer); Selvam Arulanandam (director); Usha Mathivanan (director); Manuel Jesudasan (president); Sivan Ilangko (director); Thirumurthi Ranganathan (director); Ramprashan Jayaram (director); Raja Mahendran (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tamil Literary Garden’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861071371RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.