131801623RR0001 — 0160
Registered — Toronto, ON — Charitable Organization
Scores: Legitimacy 100/100 · Effectiveness 81/100
Financials: Revenue $1,241,677 · Expenditures $1,480,524
Brock Early Learning Centre is a Toronto-based childcare charity that channels 96.3% of its $1.48M in expenditures directly to programs — well above the 78.9% peer median — but operates on razor-thin reserves of just 1.4 months with a compensation ratio of 96.8% that reflects the labour-intensive reality of early childhood education. This is a charity where the staff are the program.
Our Verdict: A high-performing early learning centre with excellent program spending and 24 years of stable operations, though its minimal financial cushion means any disruption to funding could be felt quickly — donors can give with confidence that nearly every dollar reaches children directly.