Meadow Montessori School Society
Publicly funded institution · Maple Ridge, British Columbia · BN 107685653RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,017,778) as filed with the CRA.
Meadow Montessori School Society is a charitable organization based in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $543 in 2020, the largest being $543 to Canadian Feed. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $660K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
We operate a preschool type daycare and an independent bc elementary school. Enriched montessori education for children aged 3-13 years licensed group childcare (30 mo-3year) & (school age) for pre-kindergarten and before school/after school care programs. We also do spring and summer break day camps (daycare).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1M | $871K | — | — | $119K |
| 2023 | $973K | $955K | $821K | — | — | $51K |
| 2022 | $865K | $865K | $734K | — | — | $33K |
| 2021 | $807K | $849K | $722K | — | — | $33K |
| 2020 | $660K | $638K | $553K | — | $543 | $75K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Granted $543 to 1 qualified donee:
- Canadian Feed$543
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$720K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kristine Lande (school director/senior m); Heidi Kivritsky (treasurer); Jessica Fletcher (vice president); Brianna Eskildsen (secretary); Zuzana Pobezal (director); Michelle Popielarz (president); Kathryn Savage (director); Misty Wishart (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Meadow Montessori School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107685653RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.