BridgeWay Family Centre
Publicly funded institution · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 132329228RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,874,328) as filed with the CRA.
BridgeWay Family Centre is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $7M in revenue and $6.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $68K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 42 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Bridgeway family centre (bridgeway) provides free support in the field of prenatal early education and family support in the communities of brampton and mississauga. Our main objective is to support and strenthen families from the prenatal period to when their children are 6 years of age providing a valuable early foundation for lifelong learning and success. Through free early learning programs children develop the skills to be ready for school while parents/caregivers are given strategies and resources to assist with parenting. Families are supported through a variety of programs includin…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7M | $6.9M | $6.8M | $13K | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $6.5M | $6.3M | $6.3M | $62 | — | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $5.2M | $35.5M | $5M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $4.4M | $4.4M | $21 | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $5.8M | $5.6M | $5.5M | $8,272 | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $68K from 9 charities:
- Peel Family Education Centre$25K
- Sickkids Charitable Giving Fund$20K
- TD Securities Underwriting Hope Fund$10K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$5,240
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,410
- Brampton and Caledon Community Foundation$1,705
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$872
- Ritson Road Alliance Church$733
- Food Banks Mississauga$569
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions42
- Total compensation, all staff$5.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ravinder Auluck (director); Joshua Cavric (director); Silvia Devlin (director); Felicia Empey (secretary); Urooj Khan (treasurer); Deby Ko (director); Gunita Mitera (chair); Danielle Fox (director); Amandip Dhami (director); Sarah Petersen (vice chair); Idalin McKenzie (director); Waggas Shafique (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from BridgeWay Family Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132329228RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.