The Chestnut Tree Pre-School Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Stoney Creek, Ontario · BN 141111120RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,944,331) as filed with the CRA.
The Chestnut Tree Pre-School Inc. is a charitable organization based in Stoney Creek, Ontario, 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 $3M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 44 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The organization provides non profit daycare and pre-school services for children 18 months to 5 years old.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3M | $2.9M | $2.4M | — | — | $881K |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.2M | $1.9M | — | — | $865K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $369K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $482K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1M | $870K | — | — | $308K |
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:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions44
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eileen Hunter-Cook (president/director); Cynthia Lebel (vp/treasurer); Kim Adamson (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Chestnut Tree Pre-School Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 141111120RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.