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Word-Play: Reading in the City

Word-Play: Reading in the City is a Canadian registered charity based in Toronto, Ontario. It reported gifts to qualified donees in 1 of the last five reporting years, averaging about $62,000 a year, mostly to education and philanthropic organizations in Ontario.

Giving: Under $100K a year

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Facts

• Reported gifts to qualified donees in one of the last five reporting years (2023), about $62,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Reported 4 gifts in total. The typical gift (median) was about $20,000 and the largest was about $20,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Gave to 4 different organizations. The largest recipients by dollars included Success Beyond Limits Education Program INC., Story Planet and THE TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went mostly to education (68%) and philanthropic (32%) organizations, based on each recipient's registered charity category.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went to recipients in Ontario (100%).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Describes its charitable programs in its CRA return as: “For 16 years, Word-Play offered three literacy-based reading and writing programs for children from public elementary schools in Toronto?s Queen West community. This year,we did not run our programs (Reading in the City, Writing in the City…”CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Website listed in the CRA charity register: https://www.word-play.ca (as of 2025-01-31).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31

Sources

CRA T3010 charity information returns. Last updated 2025-01-31.

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