Dartmouth Developmental Centre
Publicly funded institution · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 135120756RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($0) as filed with the CRA.
Dartmouth Developmental Centre is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 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, 2023, it reported $0 in revenue and $0 in expenditures.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $258K in 2022, the largest being $258K to Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Halifax. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Dartmouth Development Centre (DDC) is a full day childcare centre licensed in providing service to children aged 3 month to 5 years of age. DDC is diverse inclusive and a responsive childcare centre that prepares and implements a developmentally appropriate program for children with a wide range of need and learning styles. DDC welcomes a variety of families that seek childcare and is located in a highly diverse neighbourhood that is close to low income housing. DDC recognizes that many local families that are served here comes from challenging socioeconomic situations and may come from h…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | — | $259K | $0 | — | $258K | $0 |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.2M | — | — | — | $259K |
| 2020 | $877K | $1.1M | $898K | — | — | $356K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Granted $258K to 1 qualified donee:
- Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Halifax$258K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,99915 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$775K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Shane Gushue (chair); Erin Organ (co acting executive director); Erin Dalton (secretary); Krista Smith (co acting executive director); Jeff Drover (treasurer); Kevin Pallard (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dartmouth Developmental Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135120756RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.