Bright Beginnings Child CARE Centre
Publicly funded institution · Amherst, Nova Scotia · BN 106708126RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,148,381) as filed with the CRA.
Bright Beginnings Child CARE Centre is a charitable organization based in Amherst, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $80K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 98% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $645K in 2021 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We provide daily care for the needs of young children from the ages of 18 months to 8 years. We implement programs directly specified to cater to each age group. We supply 2/3 of the children's daily nutrition requirements.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1M | $7,370 | — | $120K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $983K | $861K | $19K | — | $134K |
| 2022 | $821K | $849K | $742K | $5,690 | — | $70K |
| 2021 | $645K | $787K | $700K | — | — | $61K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $80K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charlotte Ferguson (director); Tenique Hicks (vice chair); Alisha Landry (treasurer); Eleanor Eville (amherst); Jolene Gouchie (director); Chris Goodwin (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bright Beginnings Child CARE Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106708126RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.