Writers' Trust of Canada/societe d'Encouragement aux Ecrivains du Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119305076RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,909,775) as filed with the CRA.
Writers' Trust of Canada/societe d'Encouragement aux Ecrivains du Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from donations, 37% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $633K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $3.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Support and celebrat canadian writers through a portfolio of programs including 11 literacy awards careen development initiatives for emerging writers emergency support for writers in immedicate need and a writers' retreat.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $2.9M | $2.7M | $1,870 | — | $5.7M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.3M | $9,726 | — | $5.4M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.4M | $2.1M | $153K | — | $5.3M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $139K | — | $5.6M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $2M | $1.7M | $153K | — | $5.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $633K from 17 charities:
- The Balsillie Family Foundation$300K
- Vancouver Foundation$77K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$70K
- Sprout Foundation$55K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$27K
- Albert and Temmy Latner Family Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- The Haynes-Connell Foundation$15K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$10K
- T.R. Meighen Family Foundation/Fondation de la Famille T.R. Meighen$10K
- The Canavan Family Foundation$7,500
- Prince Edward County Community Foundation$6,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$5,016
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- Pitblado Foundation$5,000
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$966
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$758K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eddy Boudel Tan (director); Mary Cranston (director); Janet Eger (director); Sana Halwani (secretary); Adrian Harewood (director); Shari Hosaki (director); Sumant Inamdar (treasurer); Marla Lehberg (director); Wendy Liu (director); Beverley McLachlin (director); Shabin Mohamed (director); Amreen Omar (director); Devyani Saltzman (vice chair); Richard Ward (chair); Jon Godsall (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Writers' Trust of Canada/societe d'Encouragement aux Ecrivains du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119305076RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.