kcs Association for Early Learning Special Needs and Family Supports
Publicly funded institution · Sylvan Lake, Alberta · BN 108058066RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,605,723) as filed with the CRA.
kcs Association for Early Learning Special Needs and Family Supports is a charitable organization based in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, 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 $1.7M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $6,366.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Provide early learning programs early intervention programs family supports for children with disabilities spectrum adult services and kids camp programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $4,518 | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $905K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $979K | $12K | — | $572K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $412K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $6,366 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Imran Bhutta (treasurer); Allan Bertamini (president); Navjot Singh (director); Alison Bishop (director); Rachel Hunt (director); Denie Olmstead (director); Lauren Doan (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from kcs Association for Early Learning Special Needs and Family Supports’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108058066RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.