Caring Helping and Nurturing Children Every Step (c.h.a.n.c.e.s.) Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island · BN 896773777RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,874,285) as filed with the CRA.
Caring Helping and Nurturing Children Every Step (c.h.a.n.c.e.s.) Inc. is a charitable organization based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 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 $13M in revenue and $12.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 186 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7.7M in 2020 to $13M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Province wide screening ans assessment and in-home support targeting children from birth to 3 years parental support for pregnant mothers training for work force re-entry for single parents day cares and after school programs operation for a family health clinic strong start program supervision access and exchange program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13M | $12.9M | $12.9M | — | — | $3.4M |
| 2023 | $11.8M | $11.4M | — | — | $300K | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $10.9M | $10.4M | $9.9M | — | $426K | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $9.3M | $9M | $8.5M | — | $600K | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $7.7M | $7.8M | $7.8M | — | — | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $40K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions186
- Total compensation, all staff$9.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dr.etienne Cote (professor); Dr.kathy Bigsby (pediatric clinic); Ryan Moss (lawyer); Mary Beth Parsons (retired); Gail Macartney (assistant professor); Bethany Knox (policy & planning coor); Shawn Martin (policy coordinator so); David Arsenault (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Caring Helping and Nurturing Children Every Step (c.h.a.n.c.e.s.) Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896773777RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.