Burford CO-Operative Preschool Corporation
Publicly funded institution · Brantford, Ontario · BN 119880664RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,081,220) as filed with the CRA.
Burford CO-Operative Preschool Corporation is a charitable organization based in Brantford, 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 $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $670K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The burford co-operative preschool operates a daycare & preschool programs on a full-day basis for infants toddlers and preschool aged children. The centre also runs multiple before and after school programs one ofwhich is at the main centre location and two others are at the local public and catholic schools. During schoolpa days and summer months the centre offers camp programs for schoo aged children up to age 12. Twice a week the centre offers half-day program to preschool aged children in preparation for kindergarten. The centre has partnered with the local ontario early years centre t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $971K | $6,498 | — | $375K |
| 2023 | $1M | $934K | $815K | $4,947 | — | $383K |
| 2022 | $955K | $859K | $682K | $10K | — | $284K |
| 2021 | $937K | $834K | $639K | $25K | — | $189K |
| 2020 | $670K | $609K | $564K | $21K | — | $86K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received -$7 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$863K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Henrique (president); Michelle Box (vice president); Melissa Mesich (treasurer); Pat Vandamme (parent rep); Danielle Langs (secretary); April Cake (parent rep); Bryanne Smethurst (parent rep); Caitlinn Melo-Annis (parent rep); Elizabeth Wright (parent rep); Monique Donmoyer (parent rep).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Burford CO-Operative Preschool Corporation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119880664RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.