The Douglas College Early Childhood Education Society
Publicly funded institution · New Westminster, British Columbia · BN 119230191RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($774,659) as filed with the CRA.
The Douglas College Early Childhood Education Society is a charitable organization based in New Westminster, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $757K in revenue and $775K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $111K.
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 highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Douglas college early childhood education centre society continues to provide affordable inclusive and quality early learning programs to children and families. Our non profit model strives to ensure that child care can be utilitzed and accessed to participate in the communities we serve no matter what socioeconomic demographic they are in. Families can work and study knowing that their children are in a safe nurturing learning environment with qualified and caring educators. We remain committed to being fully inclusive and unbiased in all matters.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $757K | $775K | $741K | — | — | $381K |
| 2023 | $705K | $705K | $670K | — | — | $399K |
| 2022 | $636K | $693K | $652K | — | — | $399K |
| 2021 | $593K | $618K | $572K | — | — | $456K |
| 2020 | $665K | $615K | $562K | $779 | — | $481K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $111K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$606K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kira Tomsons (chair); Jessica Williams (treasurer); Dana Eppler (secretary); Alison McDonald (member at large); Angela Katsamakis (member at large); Chelsey Laird (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Douglas College Early Childhood Education Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119230191RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.