BU Early Learning Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Brandon, Manitoba · BN 118817170RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($774,187) as filed with the CRA.
BU Early Learning Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Brandon, Manitoba, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $832K in revenue and $774K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $191.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief 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 $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Providing child care to approx 56 full time pre school spaces and 18 school age spaces
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $832K | $774K | $728K | $21K | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $735K | $684K | $428K | $36K | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $564K | $549K | $322K | $38K | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $504K | $524K | $258K | $43K | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $574K | $535K | $286K | $45K | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $191 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$648K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sally Spiss (treasurer); Terry Knight (vice chair); Christin Phinney (chair); Devon Downey (secretary); Marion Terry (b.u rep); Sarah Belcher (member); Karyn Danielson (member); Jennifer McMillan (acting chair); Candice Waddell=henowitch (member); Angela Hamm (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from BU Early Learning Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118817170RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.