Kolumbia Inn Daycare Society (k.i.d.s.)
Publicly funded institution · New Westminster, British Columbia · BN 118986850RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,746,983) as filed with the CRA.
Kolumbia Inn Daycare Society (k.i.d.s.) is a charitable organization based in New Westminster, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 November 30, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $230.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $500 in 2021, the largest being $500 to The Lower Mainland Purpose Society for Youth and Families. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $888K in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Kolumbia inn daycare society offers childcare programs for children from birth to grade 5 at two locations in new westminster bc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.7M | — | — | — | $469K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | $7,231 | — | $342K |
| 2022 | $994K | $975K | $947K | $8,071 | — | $344K |
| 2021 | $707K | $788K | — | — | $500 | $325K |
| 2020 | $888K | — | — | — | — | $407K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Granted $500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $230 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sunshine Gudlaugson (chairperson); Wes Kinna (vice-chairperson); Travis Booth (treasurer); Maja Boyle (secretary); Maureen Hartfiel (member at large); Erica Wong (member at large); Magdalena Bakalos (member at large); Ana Felix (member at large); Monica Grewal (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kolumbia Inn Daycare Society (k.i.d.s.)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118986850RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.