Lunenburg Day CARE Centre
Publicly funded institution · Lunenburg, Nova Scotia · BN 107649154RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,812,106) as filed with the CRA.
Lunenburg Day CARE Centre is a charitable organization based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,645.
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 38% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $992K in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Lunenburg day care centre has been operating since 1973 and operates a daycare and nursery school. The nursery school operates under the name buy the sea nursery school and the day care operates as the lunenburg day care centre. Programs of care and education are offered for children between the ages of 18 months to 12 years including children with special needs and families with subsidy.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $4,138 | — | $548K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $5,971 | — | $548K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $960K | $4,092 | — | $507K |
| 2021 | $976K | $1M | $856K | $2,984 | — | $503K |
| 2020 | $992K | $1M | $827K | $62 | — | $486K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,645 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 positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shauna Miller (chairperson); Lisa Allen (staff representative); Devin Slaunwhite (treasurer); Jennifer Brittles (director); Ashlee Feener (secretary); Melissa McLaightin (vice chair); Baillie Rubarth (director); Bryan Rubarth (director); Mackenzie Fraser (director); Tina Lohnes (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lunenburg Day CARE Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107649154RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.