Nova Scotia College of Early Childhood Education Society
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 892352014RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,486,780) as filed with the CRA.
Nova Scotia College of Early Childhood Education Society is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $6M in revenue and $5.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from government. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $600.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 72 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.1M in 2020 to $6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Training in early childhood development for persons who wish to work in child care centres nursery schools and similar organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6M | $5.5M | $4.8M | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $4.7M | $4.3M | $3.9M | — | — | $2M |
| 2022 | $4.1M | $3.6M | $3.3M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $3.6M | $3.1M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $3.1M | $3.1M | $2.5M | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $600 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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions72
- Total compensation, all staff$4.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julia Donahue (chair); Jason Ozon (vice chair); Laura Prince (treasurer); Margaret Maclellan (secretary); Alana Milner (board member); Gerry Mills (board member); Sue Stacey (board member); Kelly Macdougall (board member); Joe Malek (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nova Scotia College of Early Childhood Education Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892352014RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.