Tri-County Literacy Network
Publicly funded institution · Blenheim, Ontario · BN 876899428RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($155,828) as filed with the CRA.
Tri-County Literacy Network is a charitable organization based in Blenheim, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $147K in revenue and $156K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $268.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The organization's principal purpose is to facilitate information sharing and provide guidance and support literacy programs in the municipality of chatham-kent and essex and lambton counties. Services are provided to promote literacy to link programs and services to better serve the needs of the learners to provide support for literacy programs and agencies that are members of the organization and to increase public awarness of the nature and extent of literacy needs of adults.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $147K | $156K | $142K | — | — | $52K |
| 2023 | $162K | $150K | $140K | — | — | $61K |
| 2022 | $142K | $136K | $123K | — | — | $50K |
| 2021 | $97K | $97K | $88K | — | — | $44K |
| 2020 | $107K | $106K | $97K | — | — | $44K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $268 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$63K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dave Demers (president); Michelle Repuski (director); Debbie Wilmott (secretary); Sally Macdonald (treasurer); Laura Ellis (vice-treasurer); Andrea Dickinson (executive director); Shelley Lavoie (director); Paula Carlisle (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tri-County Literacy Network’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876899428RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.