Small World Learning Centre Society
Publicly funded institution · Bridgewater, Nova Scotia · BN 870922978RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,234,042) as filed with the CRA.
Small World Learning Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $177.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Small world learning centre (swlc) has been offering programs for young children in bridgewater since 1978. The centre offers several different programs of care and education based on reggio-inspired principles for children between the ages of 18 months to 12 years.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $987K | — | — | $602K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $986K | — | — | $621K |
| 2022 | $882K | $881K | $770K | — | — | $681K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $939K | $782K | — | — | $680K |
| 2020 | $916K | $840K | $740K | $2,619 | — | $535K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $177 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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Samantha Crouse-Eldridge (chairperson); Charles Ley (secretary); Mark Hughes (director); Amber Oickle (director); Kimberly Amos (director); Stephanie Chipman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Small World Learning Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870922978RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.