The Grove Childcare Society
Publicly funded institution · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 889428207RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($381,059) as filed with the CRA.
The Grove Childcare Society is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $424K in revenue and $381K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $336.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $424K | $381K | $377K | — | — | $4,175 |
| 2023 | $297K | $325K | $322K | — | — | -$39K |
| 2022 | $284K | $331K | $328K | — | — | -$11K |
| 2021 | $293K | $326K | $324K | — | — | $37K |
| 2020 | $348K | $308K | $304K | — | — | $71K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $336 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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$316K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anna Murray (secretary); Melanie Burgess (director); Julie Ponsford (treasurer); Sandie Tuan (president); Tracey Dooley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Grove Childcare Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889428207RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.