Happy Feet Early Learning Center Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Steinbach, Manitoba · BN 119172401RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,234,380) as filed with the CRA.
Happy Feet Early Learning Center Inc. is a charitable organization based in Steinbach, Manitoba, 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
To provide day care 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 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $4,857 | — | $885K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $10 | — | $862K |
| 2022 | $973K | $924K | $903K | $2,244 | — | $868K |
| 2021 | $963K | $758K | $741K | — | — | $819K |
| 2020 | $964K | $936K | $916K | $2,281 | — | $614K |
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:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Miranda Hardy (chairperson); Katrina Hamilton (vice chairperson); Andreas Sturzbecher (treasurer); Nathalie Boothe (secretary); Nasir Aku (member at large); Luidmila Mishalova (member at large); Mickela Franz (member at large); Katelyn Froom (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Happy Feet Early Learning Center Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119172401RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.