Nanabijou Childcare Centre
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 119050557RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,119,974) as filed with the CRA.
Nanabijou Childcare Centre 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 $2.3M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% 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 48% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provide childcare for staff faculty & students of the lakehead as well as the general public. Childcare is subsidized and affordable.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jaimie Mintenko (director); Dan Burrell (treasurer); Ashley Palmer (secretary); Aislin Mushquash (director); Nina Arcon (director); Holly Freill (president); Jennifer Debakker (director); Krista Hawe (ex-officio); Malhi Yamandeep (lusu rep).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nanabijou Childcare Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119050557RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.