The Countryside Pre-School
Publicly funded institution · Saanichton, British Columbia · BN 108079278RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($103,017) as filed with the CRA.
The Countryside Pre-School is a charitable organization based in Saanichton, British Columbia, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $105K in revenue and $103K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from donations, 34% from government.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $39K in 2020 to $105K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
1. Families working together with a paid early childhood educator (ECE) to provide affordable high quality parent-participation preschool programming for children and families. 2. Educating parents through monthly parent education meetings which are open to other families in the community and through a close working relationship with the ECE. 3. Toddler & caregiver program facilitated & supervised by the ECE running 2x per year for approximately 8 weeks.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $105K | $103K | $99K | $115 | — | $43K |
| 2023 | $84K | $88K | $85K | — | — | $41K |
| 2022 | $91K | $85K | $80K | — | — | $46K |
| 2021 | $69K | $56K | $53K | — | — | $38K |
| 2020 | $39K | $47K | $43K | — | — | $25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$70K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marie Vaartstra (treasurer); Casey Van Wensem (secretary / president); Briana Hrasky (maintenance); Michelle Berryman (vice president); Sophie Ramsden (secretary); Kady Reid (fundraising).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Countryside Pre-School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108079278RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.