Kids & Us Community Childcare and Family Education Centres Incorporated
Publicly funded institution · Markdale, Ontario · BN 130312853RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,122,373) as filed with the CRA.
Kids & Us Community Childcare and Family Education Centres Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Markdale, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $5M in revenue and $5.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2020, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $100.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 115 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.9M in 2020 to $5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Operation of not-for-profit daycare centres
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5M | $5.1M | $4.7M | $64K | — | $219K |
| 2023 | $4.5M | $4.6M | $4.2M | $90K | — | $319K |
| 2022 | $3.6M | $3.8M | $3.4M | $59K | — | $413K |
| 2021 | $3.9M | $3.8M | $3.4M | $60K | — | $643K |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.7M | $2.4M | $48K | — | $541K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $100 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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions115
- Total compensation, all staff$4.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dane Nielsen (past president); Amanda Kokas (secretary); Lisa Hatten (director); Sarah Burgess (director); Jessica Weber (director); Katelyn Duggan (vice president); Kelsey Bowers (president); Katie Rice (director); James Rice (director); Donny Latsch (director); Kierstyn Schedler (director); Nicole Payne (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kids & Us Community Childcare and Family Education Centres Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130312853RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.