Burnaby Children's Centres Society
Publicly funded institution · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 899271076RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,610,694) as filed with the CRA.
Burnaby Children's Centres Society is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, 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 $1.6M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $20.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band).
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The Burnaby Children's Centres Society provides Burnaby-based self sustaining range of inclusive quality group child care for children that are 3 months to 5 years of age. Currently they operate two daycare facilities owned by the City of Burnaby serving over 90 children. The centres offer an important service to families living and working in and around the Burnaby community. The Society works collaboratively with the community; encourages meaningful parent involvement and endeavors to provide child care programs which reflect both family & community values and needs. Children in their…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $778K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.4M | — | — | — | $860K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.5M | — | — | — | $765K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $20 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rachel Lopes (chair); Michelle Li (treasurer); Vincent Montoya (member at large); Jakub Rosicki (member at large); Joanna Lam (member at large); Allister Cave (vice chair); Cameron Smith (secretary); Gina Almasan (member at large); Ellen Hsieh (member at large); Mina Shahbaz (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Burnaby Children's Centres Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899271076RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.