Little Lions Waldorf Daycare & Kindergarten (thunder Bay) Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 119021400RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,733,506) as filed with the CRA.
Little Lions Waldorf Daycare & Kindergarten (thunder Bay) Inc. is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $4.1M in revenue and $4.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $18.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 57 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
We provide child care for children 6 months to 12 years of age according to the waldorf philosophy or 'steiner' education. We are a red cross training partner and provide our staff with not only first aid training but also have regular updates that include child care specific examples. We also provide an annual workshop on choking to raise the awareness of parents. We participate actively with such organizations as roots of empathy and healthy kids community challenge. We have staff trained to offer fair start screening. We regularly use the services of children’s centre thunder bay and thund…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $4.7M | $4.3M | $3,014 | — | -$423K |
| 2023 | $4.8M | $4.1M | $3.8M | $1,509 | — | $505K |
| 2022 | $3.6M | — | — | — | — | $875K |
| 2021 | $4M | $3.5M | $3.1M | — | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.3M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $18 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 positions57
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandra Stewart (chairperson); Cyndi Sereda (director - treasurer); Michael Westermann (director); Sheldon Hannah (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Little Lions Waldorf Daycare & Kindergarten (thunder Bay) Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119021400RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.