Bethany Child CARE Society
Publicly funded institution · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 869781963RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($941,051) as filed with the CRA.
Bethany Child CARE Society is a charitable organization based in Richmond, British Columbia, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $902K in revenue and $941K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $500.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The Society operates Bethany Child Care Centre for the purpose of providing educational care and supervision for children. The Centre provides daycare services for up to 20 infants and toddlers (0-36 months) and 25 preschool children (ages 3-5). The Centre provides Before and After School care for up to 40 children ages 5-8 years. This program provides care before and after school as well as full day care on professional days and during Christmas and spring breaks. The Centre also runs a summer program that provides full day care for up to 40 children ages 5-8 years during the summer mont…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $902K | $941K | $914K | $0 | $0 | $202K |
| 2023 | $882K | $911K | $896K | $0 | $0 | $240K |
| 2022 | $847K | $851K | $836K | $0 | $0 | $270K |
| 2021 | $198K | $184K | $180K | $0 | $0 | $274K |
| 2020 | $880K | $882K | $867K | $0 | $0 | $260K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $500 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$783K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bernie Hesmert (president); Egon Dickau (treasurer); Christine Pfortmueller (board member); Tonia Hinz (board member); Bonnie Reha (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bethany Child CARE Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869781963RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.