Lonsdale Creek Day CARE Centre Society
Publicly funded institution · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 107642845RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,399,472) as filed with the CRA.
Lonsdale Creek Day CARE Centre Society is a public foundation based in North Vancouver, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $50.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provision of childcare for infant/toddler & preschoolers. Programs are available to the public at large. The Society serves more than 100 families using three locations. Each family provides 10 volunteer hours per year. The Society is governed by a volunteer parent Board of Directors consisting of 10-15 members each volunteering 25-100 hours per year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2,270 | — | $766K |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.4M | $329 | $0 | $688K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2.2M | $7,570 | $0 | $668K |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $2.1M | $8,202 | $0 | $804K |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.9M | — | $16K | — | $592K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $50 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 positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shawna Brent (chair); Federica Piccone (fundraising); Ryan Benson (member at large); Terisa Hines (treasurer); Michele Saum (chair); Laura Buckley (co-treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lonsdale Creek Day CARE Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107642845RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.