Natural Wonders Early Learning Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Swift Current, Saskatchewan · BN 122907595RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($5,638,805) as filed with the CRA.
Natural Wonders Early Learning Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $6M in revenue and $5.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $182.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 84 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.6M in 2020 to $6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
To support the advancement of early childhood education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6M | $5.6M | $5.3M | $6,647 | $0 | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | $4.2M | $4M | $8,184 | $0 | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $4M | $3.3M | $3.2M | $5,934 | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.4M | $7,944 | — | $867K |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2M | $1.9M | $6,469 | — | $845K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $182 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions84
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Kuntz-Samenook (vice chair); Jessy Kirkpatrick (member); Drew Weber (board chair); Blake Andrews (treasurer); Beth Cadrain (member at large); Juan Cabrales (member); Amy Moore (member); Cassidy Vaughan (secretary); Michelle Wiebe (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Natural Wonders Early Learning Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122907595RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.