The Independent Wine Education Guild
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 108084682RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,017,515) as filed with the CRA.
The Independent Wine Education Guild is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 June 30, 2023, it reported $925K in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $100.
Compared with 1,533 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 100% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To advance education by operating ongoing programs for the study of wine and spirits cocktails and the art of mixology.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $925K | $1M | $8.8M | — | — | -$93K |
| 2022 | $635K | $717K | $604K | — | — | -$481 |
| 2021 | $759K | $649K | $559K | — | — | $81K |
| 2020 | $785K | $737K | $613K | — | — | -$27K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $100 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$273K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Edel Ebbs (chair and acting treasur); Timothy Hughes (director); Sean Kozey (director); Elizabeth Luzza (board secretary); Shari Mogk-Edwards (director); Erin Rooney (director); Paul Sturgess (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Independent Wine Education Guild’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108084682RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.