Puddleduck Early Learning Society
Publicly funded institution · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 107551426RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($681,027) as filed with the CRA.
Puddleduck Early Learning Society is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $502K in revenue and $681K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band).
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Operates a childcare daycare preschool and out-of-school program -provides experiences for cognitive physical social and emotional growth -provides a pre-k readiness program parent ed. Heathy modeling
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $502K | $681K | $647K | — | — | $262K |
| 2023 | $585K | $816K | $811K | — | — | $441K |
| 2022 | $413K | $364K | $352K | — | — | $672K |
| 2021 | $382K | $371K | $366K | — | — | $622K |
| 2020 | $362K | $275K | $267K | — | — | $611K |
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:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$536K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elise Arsenault (chairperson); Stephanie Briggs (treasurer); Zachary Haigh (director); Kristen Lorenz (vice-chairperson); Jennifer Smith (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Puddleduck Early Learning Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107551426RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.