A Bright Beginning Child CARE Society
Publicly funded institution · Grande Prairie, Alberta · BN 891633901RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,077,798) as filed with the CRA.
A Bright Beginning Child CARE Society is a charitable organization based in Grande Prairie, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $265.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 37 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2.1M | $2M | $705 | — | $245K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $420 | — | $281K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $258K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $216K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $908K | $850K | $44 | — | $384K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $265 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions37
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amber Anderson (director); Emily Bannister (director); Caitlyn Dickson (co-chair); Jessica Gauthier (secretary); Cathy Johns (director); Amy Monks (treasurer); Bailey Neighbour (director); Aaron Perkins (president); Jacinna Taylor (director); Navpreet Walker (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from A Bright Beginning Child CARE Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891633901RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.