Bright Beginnings Early Childhood Centre
Publicly funded institution · London, Ontario · BN 107274045RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($843,753) as filed with the CRA.
Bright Beginnings Early Childhood Centre is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $937K in revenue and $844K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,682.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $937K | $844K | $770K | $4,317 | — | $527K |
| 2023 | $920K | $916K | $866K | $5,412 | — | $194K |
| 2022 | $859K | $875K | $843K | — | — | $190K |
| 2021 | $854K | $767K | $727K | — | — | $206K |
| 2020 | $808K | $807K | $772K | $2,864 | — | $119K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,682 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 positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$673K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Heffernan (director); Chris Clarke (member at large); Mark Flynn (member at large); Eric Risler (chair); Kathryn Markham (member at large); Abbey Yarc (treasurer); Stephanie Irvine (secretary); Alison Van Krause (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bright Beginnings Early Childhood Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107274045RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.