Grins and Giggles Child Care Center Society
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 853024701RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($563,502) as filed with the CRA.
Grins and Giggles Child Care Center Society is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $571K in revenue and $564K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Early childhood education and infant toddler child care
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $571K | $564K | — | — | — | $110K |
| 2023 | $511K | $513K | — | — | — | $104K |
| 2022 | $409K | $437K | — | — | — | $118K |
| 2021 | $400K | $465K | $385K | — | — | $138K |
| 2020 | $467K | $460K | $460K | — | — | $204K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$511K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laurie-Anne Antonson (board member); Stephanie Maguire (secretary); Karmelle Paterlini (vice chair); Sarah Stanley (board member); Jeanie McLean (treasure); Hannah Alfred (board member); Alison McIntyre (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Grins and Giggles Child Care Center Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853024701RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.