Discovery Playhouse Childrens Society
Publicly funded institution · Pitt Meadows, British Columbia · BN 107020828RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($755,538) as filed with the CRA.
Discovery Playhouse Childrens Society is a charitable organization based in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $784K in revenue and $756K 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 $20.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Daycare and kinder care parent participation preschool out of school program summer program buzzing bees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $784K | $756K | — | — | — | $264K |
| 2023 | $654K | $649K | $649K | — | — | $247K |
| 2022 | $536K | $575K | $575K | — | — | $242K |
| 2021 | $498K | $585K | $585K | — | — | $280K |
| 2020 | $552K | $507K | $507K | — | — | $366K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $20 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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$639K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Luba King (president); Julie Van Buuren (fundraising coordinator); Caitlyn Harcus (floater); Krista Perlstrom (secretary); Jenna Machhein (floater); Ashley Jarvis (vice president); Rachel Hess (executive director); Scott Bewley (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Discovery Playhouse Childrens Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107020828RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.