The Toronto Writers' Collective
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 847058831RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($868,948) as filed with the CRA.
The Toronto Writers' Collective is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $356K in revenue and $869K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from government, 73% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $230K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $228K in 2020 to $356K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The toronto writers' collective objectives are: (a) to promote develop and facilitate expressive writing skills and other related forms of artistic expression for members of at-risk marginalized and vulnerable communities through programs training and workshops; (b) to promote individual and community well-being in the greater toronto area and other urban centres across canada by providing the opportunity for memebrs of at-risk marginalized and vulnerable communities to use expressive writing techniques and other related forms of artistic expression to develop their own voices; (c) to …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $356K | $869K | $423K | — | — | $23K |
| 2023 | $514K | $457K | $418K | — | — | $144K |
| 2022 | $389K | $335K | $300K | — | — | $86K |
| 2021 | $298K | $283K | $209K | — | — | $32K |
| 2020 | $228K | $215K | $187K | — | — | $18K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $230K from 10 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$392K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Mozer (president/director); Calvin Gutkin (director); Robert Wetheimer (director); Lolo Raminsky (director); George Hanus (director); Ben Trister (director); Catherine Haggquist (director); Wendy McGean (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Toronto Writers' Collective’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 847058831RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.