Children First: Community Child Care Network Society
Charitable organization · Fort McMurray, Alberta · BN 847241098RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($948,108) as filed with the CRA.
Children First: Community Child Care Network Society is a charitable organization based in Fort McMurray, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $980K in revenue and $948K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $39K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $980K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Providing childcare services in the Fort McMurray area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $980K | $948K | $809K | $2,903 | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $757K | $721K | $604K | $2,903 | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $696K | $644K | $588K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $937K | $767K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $757K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $39K from 2 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$760K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cindy Ure (secretary); Isabelle Varney (director); Emmanuel Makia (director); Janet Huffman (chairperson); Jessica Heatherington (director); Natasha Lebas (director); Brittany Sweeney (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Children First: Community Child Care Network Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 847241098RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.