Bee Me Kidz Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 804253177RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,261,738) as filed with the CRA.
Bee Me Kidz Inc. is a private foundation based in Saint John, New Brunswick, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 70% from government, 23% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $301K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $578K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Bee me kidz partners with parents families schools and communities to implement a four-pronged approach to building children's and their families learning potential and resiliency through: 1. Weekly 4-hour play and learning program that includes a proven social/emotional learning component and family brunch. 2. Boosting children's nutritional staus by providing healthy wholesome meals during the program and a monthly basket of fruits and vegetables plus healthy recipes for families. 3. A parent education component that enhances parents ability to support their children's social …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $485K |
| 2023 | $187K | $185K | $178K | — | — | $230K |
| 2022 | $628K | $603K | $589K | — | — | $227K |
| 2021 | $578K | $528K | $485K | — | — | $202K |
| 2020 | $578K | $434K | $400K | — | — | $152K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $301K from 9 charities:
- The Windsor Foundation$100K
- The Pannell Family Foundation$60K
- United Way Serving Saint John Kings and Charlotte Inc.$55K
- The Sir James Dunn Foundation Inc.$50K
- The Greater Saint John Community Foundation la Fondation Communautaire de Grand Saint John$25K
- Fundy Community Foundation$5,400
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,687
- Moncton First United Baptist Church$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$63
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$979K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bryan Elliott (chair); Bib Owens (director); Bob Youden (director); Derek Pannell (director); Wendy Stewart (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bee Me Kidz Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 804253177RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.