Town Daycare Centre
Publicly funded institution · Glace Bay, Nova Scotia · BN 108124496RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,517,324) as filed with the CRA.
Town Daycare Centre is a charitable organization based in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $1.4M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $442.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
To promote the development of early childhood education programs and to foster provisions of daycare services at a rate consistant with evidence of need. To encourage the objective of providing children with maximum opportunity of reaching adulthood fully aware of human dignities. To acquire by way of personal property and to use and apply such. To buy use hold lease mortgage sell as may be necessary.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $1M |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $954K | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $941K | $1.1M | $963K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $951K | $811K | — | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $442 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 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)
Sally Macleod (chairperson); Jennifer Gallivan (vice-chairperson); Patricia McNeil (secretary); Margaret Burke (executive director); Julia Green (board member); Glenn Turner (treasurer); Tanya Lussier (board member); Victoria Barrett (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Town Daycare Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108124496RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.