Starting Blocks Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Stonewall, Manitoba · BN 120713797RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,882,160) as filed with the CRA.
Starting Blocks Inc. is a charitable organization based in Stonewall, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 $1.9M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $50.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 95% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $961K in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The Charity provides an infant program a nursery school for pre-school children as well as a school-age program for children ages six to twelve years.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $6,108 | — | $165K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1M | $2,592 | — | $147K |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $947K | $12K | — | $223K |
| 2021 | $999K | $853K | — | — | — | $305K |
| 2020 | $961K | $937K | $898K | $667 | — | $275K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $50 from 1 charity:
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 positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Angela Grandmont (president); Stephanie Zambon (treasurer); Kailee Dumond (secretary); Stephanie Drysdale (director); Heather Nikkel (vice president); Kathleen Booth (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Starting Blocks Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 120713797RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.