Discovery Children's Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 118885854RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,768,138) as filed with the CRA.
Discovery Children's Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,500.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Provide daycare services on a non-profit basis in the Province of Manitoba
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $2.7M | $2,025 | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.5M | $2.3M | $2,050 | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.1M | — | — | $875K |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.4M | $2.3M | — | — | $893K |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.1M | $1.9M | $2,602 | — | $595K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,500 from 1 charity:
- The Winnipeg Foundation$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karlee Blatz (member); Ashlee Coker (secretary); Leela Schreyer - Garrity (past chair); Louis Monchamp (president); John Neufeld (member); Ryan Peters (chair); Leah Scramstad (member); Marina Ferley (treasurer); Katelin McDermont (member); Kaitilin O'Toole (member); Ashton du Plessis (member); Ashley Emek (member); Kelly Pickard (member); Megan Thiessen (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Discovery Children's Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118885854RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.