Learningo: Community Recreation and Education Society
Charitable organization · Bedford, Nova Scotia · BN 734938293RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($476,772) as filed with the CRA.
Learningo: Community Recreation and Education Society is a charitable organization based in Bedford, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $439K in revenue and $477K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $67K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $16K in 2020 to $439K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Through training partnerships and individualized programming supports and services we empower and support individuals with autism/asd to be active lifelong members of our commumity. Our foundational after school program supporting children youth and young adults since our organization's inception in 2017. We offer programming within hrm rec centres during after school hours monday-friday. The focus of our programming targets community presence recreation & leisure self-regulation and skill building opportunities. Co-schooling or cooperative schooling was developed with two types of stu…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $439K | $477K | $391K | $76K | — | $11K |
| 2023 | $470K | $366K | $264K | $7,324 | — | $16K |
| 2022 | $306K | $312K | $203K | $16K | — | -$86K |
| 2021 | $299K | $263K | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $16K | $90K | $182K | — | — | -$116K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $67K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$365K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Ashley (chair); Nicole Ashley (secretary); Ronan O'Driscoll (director); Oliva Meehan (director); Monica Peters (director); Jessica Seward (director); Krista Little (director); Virginia Macneil (director); Madison Beerenfenger (staff representative); Kevin Cunningham (director); Rose Godbout (Bower) (director); Leo Hallal (director); Brent Platt (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Learningo: Community Recreation and Education Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 734938293RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.