E.c.e.b.c.-Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 107272791RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($161,182,171) as filed with the CRA.
E.c.e.b.c.-Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $28.3M in revenue and $161.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $462K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $171K in 2020 to $28.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
1) advance education by providing scholarships bursaries awards and other forms of financial assistance to students undertaking post-secondary studies in early childhood education and care; 2) advance and provide professional development opportunities in early childhood education across the province of british columbia through workshops conferences and seminars; 3) educate and inform the public about early childhood education and care; 4) engage in the research development and dissemination of educations resources in early childhood education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $28.3M | $161.2M | $15.9M | — | — | $41.4M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $10.8M | $10.5M | — | — | $29.2M |
| 2022 | $39.4M | $7.2M | $7M | $625 | — | $37.2M |
| 2021 | $6.6M | $6M | $5.4M | — | — | $5M |
| 2020 | $171K | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $4.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $462K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$835K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Glenda Burrows (director); Carolyn Rawling (director); Rahima Rajabali (director); Christina Dicks (chair); Dawn Westlands (director); Julie Spencer (director); Cynthia Page (director); Kathleen Kummen (director); Veronica Ketchabaw (director); Katherine Jarman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from E.c.e.b.c.-Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107272791RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.