West Ferris Day Nursery
Publicly funded institution · North Bay, Ontario · BN 108200676RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,299,043) as filed with the CRA.
West Ferris Day Nursery is a charitable organization based in North Bay, Ontario, 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 $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% 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 73% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (14 positions in that band). The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The organization provides daycare services to children of secondary students in addition to any other member of the community who would benefit from these services. The four locations the programs are operated from are 1. West ferris day nursery 2. West ferris school age learning centre(sunset) 3. Silver birches child care 4. Ferris glen learning centre
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $970K |
| 2022 | $1M | $937K | $877K | — | — | $844K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $918K | $861K | — | — | $755K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $956K | $905K | — | — | $492K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received -$200 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99914 positions
- $1–39,99911 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrea Havercraft (secretary); Jason Plamondon (director); Scott Dunn (chair); Melinda Coleman (treasurer); Josh Jolley (director); Courtney Berger (director); Gillian Kajganich (director); Dagg Josh (director); Van Nood Krista (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Ferris Day Nursery’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108200676RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.