Bright Beginnings for Kids INC.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 857041156RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($838,772) as filed with the CRA.
Bright Beginnings for Kids INC. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, 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 $910K in revenue and $839K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $10K.
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 66% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
To provide day care services on a non-profit basis in the province of manitoba
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $910K | $839K | $767K | $2,461 | — | $379K |
| 2023 | $855K | $874K | $799K | $4,358 | — | $308K |
| 2022 | $955K | $872K | $807K | $3,239 | — | $331K |
| 2021 | $827K | $796K | $762K | $2,562 | — | $248K |
| 2020 | $761K | $635K | $625K | — | — | $217K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $10K 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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$679K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kristan Aho (treasurer); Terrence James (member at large); Leah Hacaluk (member at large); Justin Hutch (member at large); Hailey Ward (member at large); Laura Boehmer (member at large); Debora Risdale (member at large); Vita Vasyk (member at large); Taryn Starberg (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bright Beginnings for Kids INC.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857041156RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.