Schoolhouse Playcare Centre of Lakehead Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 104745666RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,652,796) as filed with the CRA.
Schoolhouse Playcare Centre of Lakehead Inc. is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $2.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Schoolhouse playcare centre of lakehead inc. Provides subsidized and regular daycare and before and after school care for children in thunder bay.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.6M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.4M | $2.4M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.3M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $2M | — | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | — | — | $864K |
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:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wanda Collins (executive director); Corey Bolton (treasurer); Michelle Tinsley (president); Ashley Eager (secretary); Caycie Soke (parent representative); Brittany Kennedy (parent representative); Nicole Stewart (parent representative).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Schoolhouse Playcare Centre of Lakehead Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 104745666RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.