Goosey Gander Kindergarten Association
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 894224161RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,574,227) as filed with the CRA.
Goosey Gander Kindergarten Association is a charitable organization based in Victoria, 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 $1.6M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,086.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $775K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Full and half day childcare programs for children between the ages of 30 months to five years old. School age care( before and after school care) for children in kindergarten to grade 5 who attend frank hobbs elementary. Part day nature program for four year old children. School age summer camp programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $5,553 | — | $616K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $3,298 | — | $575K |
| 2022 | $896K | $829K | — | — | — | $567K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $951K | $4,806 | — | $499K |
| 2020 | $775K | $770K | $676K | $2,781 | — | $498K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,086 from 2 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Ellis (director); Brett Fiddick (treasurer); Meghan Heffernan (vice-chair); Kate Marshall (director); Karl Russell (chair); Nicole Skoreyko (executive director); Tonya Gaber (director); Kyle Blakeney (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Goosey Gander Kindergarten Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894224161RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.