Wascana Early Learning Centre CO-Operative
Publicly funded institution · Regina, Saskatchewan · BN 108191131RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,408,745) as filed with the CRA.
Wascana Early Learning Centre CO-Operative is a charitable organization based in Regina, Saskatchewan, 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 $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
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 88% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 28 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provide early learning/childcare to children between the ages of 18 months and 12 years of age.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1,199 | — | $496K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.2M | — | — | $509K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $406K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $992K | $256 | — | $418K |
| 2020 | $1M | $999K | $965K | $1,498 | — | $349K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions28
- Total compensation, all staff$944K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Adam Tonita (president); Annique Vanheerdan (secretary); Jane Akpan (co-op representative); Kinesha Beneteau (member at large); Santhushi Ruberu (member at large); Kristie Agecoutey (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wascana Early Learning Centre CO-Operative’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108191131RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.