Explore & Discover Early Learning Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 108015744RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($734,246) as filed with the CRA.
Explore & Discover Early Learning Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $975K in revenue and $734K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $192.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
To 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 | $975K | $734K | $626K | $1,065 | — | $719K |
| 2023 | $847K | $765K | $645K | — | — | $477K |
| 2022 | $731K | $792K | $733K | — | $0 | $395K |
| 2021 | $748K | — | — | — | — | $457K |
| 2020 | $792K | — | — | — | — | $472K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $192 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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$650K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ian McNaught (member); Kelly Merkeley-Paulsen (secretary); Darren Ross (member); Alanna McNaught (chairman); Kaarina Kowalec (member); Leah Sperl (treasurer); Jason Rathwell (member); Ainslee Aportle (member); Evan Allan (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Explore & Discover Early Learning Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108015744RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.