Brightstart Caledon Family Centre
Publicly funded institution · Bolton, Ontario · BN 123538050RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,525,162) as filed with the CRA.
Brightstart Caledon Family Centre is a charitable organization based in Bolton, Ontario, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,468.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The organization operates as a family resource and early years centre to provide facilities information and services related to the needs of parents caregivers and children in the town of caledon. We provide family time drop-in sessions pre and postnatal support child development early learning and school readiness programs family health nutrition and wellness. We also offer parent/caregiver enrichment and support through workshops programs discussion groups family support groups assistance and support for parents and children with special needs. As well as providing resources inf…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.5M | $17K | — | $477K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | — | — | — | $474K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1M | $20K | — | $461K |
| 2021 | $1M | $1M | $881K | $29K | — | $472K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $919K | $36K | $487 | $478K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,468 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carine Strong (chair of the board); Arno ILIC (vice-chair of the board); Michael Fiore (treasurer); Jo-Anne Fiore (secretary); Catie Ferguson (director); Lynn Baker (director); Faizan Bari (director); Nikita Mann (director); Shawn Ferreira (director); John Heuer (director); Leo Rebello (director); Abidemi Daniyan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brightstart Caledon Family Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 123538050RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.