Toronto Book and Magazine Fair
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 126364058RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($516,322) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto Book and Magazine Fair is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 November 30, 2024, it reported $513K in revenue and $516K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 62% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Toronto Book and Magazine Fair (The Word On The Street Toronto) is a charitable organization that celebrates Canadian reading writing and champions literacy primarily through a free annual outdoor festival.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $513K | $516K | $238K | $101K | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $561K | $609K | $214K | $67K | — | -$53K |
| 2022 | $647K | $733K | $298K | $76K | — | -$6,090 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $20K from 3 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
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$185K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amanda Olson (vice-president); Nancy Cooper (director); Evan Dickson (treasurer); Lauren Hummel (director); Cindy Ma (secretary); Grace O'Connell (director); Alex Snider (director); David Torchetti (director); Natalee Johnson.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto Book and Magazine Fair’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 126364058RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.