Alberni Valley Childcare Society
Publicly funded institution · Port Alberni, British Columbia · BN 106692452RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,753,060) as filed with the CRA.
Alberni Valley Childcare Society is a charitable organization based in Port Alberni, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $2.7M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $240.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Alberni Valley Childcare Society provides childcare to the Alberni Valley. They operate three sites and programs for infants toddlers ages 3-5 and before/after school care
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.8M | $2.7M | — | — | $694K |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.7M | $2M | — | — | $744K |
| 2022 | $570K | $660K | $481K | — | — | $864K |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2.1M | $1.7M | — | — | $955K |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | — | $629K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $240 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 positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joan Hall (past chair); Katy Lekich (treasurer); Louise Thomas (director); Emily Dunbar (director); Donna Tourand (chair person); Stephanie Fortin (director); Shelly Terepocki (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberni Valley Childcare Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106692452RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.