Little People's Place of Shelburne Association
Publicly funded institution · Shelburne, Nova Scotia · BN 107630089RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,386,921) as filed with the CRA.
Little People's Place of Shelburne Association is a charitable organization based in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, 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 $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $285.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (11 positions in that band). The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $728K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Operation of a children's centre for children 18 months to 10 years of age offering the following programs and services: - full time day care - part time day care - after school care - special needs care - pre-primary after school program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $69 | — | $131K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $929K | $158 | — | $134K |
| 2022 | $746K | $809K | $701K | $116 | — | $82K |
| 2021 | $597K | $655K | $629K | $60 | — | $145K |
| 2020 | $728K | $587K | $559K | $1,594 | — | $203K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $285 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99911 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Riley Foley (vice-chair); Susan Elliot (executive director); Angela Doucet (treasurer); Jessica Feindel (secretary); Teresa Huskilson (personnel); Lisa Kinnear (member); Debra Ryan (admissions); Katie Walsh (member); Erin Locke (assistant director); Lori Zwicker (member); Tammy Deschamp (staff liason).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Little People's Place of Shelburne Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107630089RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.