Bright Beginnings Educare Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Headingley, Manitoba · BN 825985757RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,097,269) as filed with the CRA.
Bright Beginnings Educare Inc. is a charitable organization based in Headingley, Manitoba, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $3.8M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,100.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 42 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $3.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
We provide child care for working families & for families looking for a social outlet for their children to learn through play. We have a volunteer Board who oversees our organization.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $3.1M | $2.9M | $13K | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $2.2M | $13K | — | $890K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $13K | — | $721K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $9,112 | — | $535K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $390 | — | $434K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,100 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions42
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rylan Page (member); Amanda Soloway (past chair); Breanne Finlay (chair); Graham Hawryluk (member); Christine Antonation (member); Glen Reimer (member); Courtney Cook (member); Erin Anseeuw (member); Mallory McEachern (member); Kassandra Kussie (member); Carly Bubank (treasurer); Jessica Siwicki (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bright Beginnings Educare Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 825985757RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.