Can You Imagine Preschool CARE and Education Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 898806427RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,081,800) as filed with the CRA.
Can You Imagine Preschool CARE and Education Centre 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 30 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $677K in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
To provide day care services on a non-profit basis in the province of manitoba. On april1 2023 this charitable organization amalgamated with care-a-lot day nursery inc. Which then ceased to exist after march 31 2023.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2.1M | $2.1M | $592 | — | $665K |
| 2023 | $967K | $1M | $932K | — | — | $215K |
| 2022 | $783K | $699K | $603K | — | — | $263K |
| 2021 | $740K | $608K | $540K | $0 | — | $178K |
| 2020 | $677K | $636K | $589K | $1,589 | — | $46K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K 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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions30
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Fritzsche (chairperson); Jessica Both (member at large); Jessica Schmidt (member at large); Katherine Taylor (member at large); Madeline Bruinooge (secretary); Jill Hitra (treasurer); Gina Derby (member at large); Sabrina Lee (vice chairperson); Sridevi Sarkas (member at large); Charlen Alo (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Can You Imagine Preschool CARE and Education Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898806427RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.