Serendipity Child Development Society
Publicly funded institution · Madeira Park, British Columbia · BN 107968208RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($214,362) as filed with the CRA.
Serendipity Child Development Society is a charitable organization based in Madeira Park, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $219K in revenue and $214K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government, 14% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,000.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $75K in 2020 to $219K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The organization provides a daycare and social growth and development program for the Pender Harbour Area. Serendipity is the only Daycare program within a 20km radius and is essential for working families in the area. The program is run by volunteers and paid Early Childhood Education workers and supported by fundraising efforts. The society aims to be affordable for families and self sustaining in a not for profit way. The charity also endovors to provide educational opportunities outside of regular childcare operations to all families in the area at low or no cost
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $219K | $214K | $197K | $0 | — | $90K |
| 2023 | $190K | $171K | $157K | — | — | $85K |
| 2022 | $112K | $92K | $84K | $0 | $0 | $66K |
| 2021 | $72K | $61K | $54K | — | $0 | $46K |
| 2020 | $75K | $63K | $54K | — | — | $35K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $2,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$162K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Heather Bergen (secretary); Christy Carter (president); Dina Girard (member at large); Dominique Rand (member at large); Erin Thoms (treasurer); Carrie Tyson (member at large); Serena Markham; Rhea Forrester.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Serendipity Child Development Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107968208RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.