Playful Mindset
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 762185015RR0001 · Complementary or Alternative Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($187,365) as filed with the CRA.
Playful Mindset is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under complementary or alternative health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $199K in revenue and $187K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $351K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Our focus is on supporting children's mental health and addressing adverse childhood experiences in the early (age 0-12 years old) through unstructered outdoor play and play-based learning. Playful mindset is a collaborative initiative a not-for-profit organization (charitable status pending) that strives to be both evidencebased and creative in our approach
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $199K | $187K | $166K | $3,200 | — | -$18K |
| 2023 | $39K | $34K | $19K | — | $0 | $4,861 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $351K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$112K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elizabeth Cawley; Joanne Doucette; Erin Flynn; Jordi Jacko; Dominique Jean; Rusty Keeler; Marlene Power; Freya Struthers.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Playful Mindset’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 762185015RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.