Words Work Literacy Society (athabasca & Area)
Publicly funded institution · Athabasca, Alberta · BN 867012924RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($138,133) as filed with the CRA.
Words Work Literacy Society (athabasca & Area) is a charitable organization based in Athabasca, Alberta, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $133K in revenue and $138K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $110.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $457 in 2020 to $133K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Community adult learning programs (calp) in athabasca and area. Volunteer tutors and paid staff work one-on-one with adult learners to improve their foundational literacy skills including reading writing numeracy digital skills and english language learning (ell). Literacy and foundational learning activities led by paid facilitators are offered to adults in our learning centre and at the local library. Family literacy through the rhymes that bind program is offered to caregivers and their children and are led by a paid facilitator.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $133K | $138K | $134K | — | — | $54K |
| 2023 | $136K | $132K | — | — | — | $59K |
| 2022 | $110K | $109K | $107K | — | — | $56K |
| 2021 | $106K | $140K | $127K | — | — | $54K |
| 2020 | $457 | $55K | $54K | — | — | $88K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $110 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$87K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gerry Annand (director/board chair); Gerry Bulmer (director/vice chair); Sharon Mitchell (director/secretary-treasurer); Ana Silva (director); Jody McGarry-Liddell (director); Denise Stapley (driector); Lexi Freehill (director); Aashna Mann (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Words Work Literacy Society (athabasca & Area)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867012924RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.