The Saint John Learning Exchange LTD.
Publicly funded institution · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 119253078RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,004,639) as filed with the CRA.
The Saint John Learning Exchange LTD. is a charitable organization based in Saint John, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government, 26% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $310K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
We are saint john's diverse community resource for adult support individualized learning skill development and access to employment. We meet changing community needs with innovative holistic solutions.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $424K | $452K | $395K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $999K | — | — | $840K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $310K from 8 charities:
- United Way Serving Saint John Kings and Charlotte Inc.$150K
- Hewitt Foundation$75K
- The Greater Saint John Community Foundation la Fondation Communautaire de Grand Saint John$35K
- The Sir James Dunn Foundation Inc.$25K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,217
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$669
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 positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karla Baxter (chair); Patrick Beamish (director); Hilary Duggan (treasurer); Craig Estabrooks (vice chair); Doug Evans (director); Bernadette Fernandes (director); Christina Fowler (executive director); Emily McGill (director); Dianne McQuade-Clark (director); Francine Quinn-Steeves (director); Chris Toole (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Saint John Learning Exchange LTD.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119253078RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.