A Better Tent City Waterloo Region
Publicly funded institution · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 784763302RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($993,629) as filed with the CRA.
A Better Tent City Waterloo Region is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, 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 $903K in revenue and $994K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 56% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $212K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Provides cabins for 50 residens plus communal washrooms showers and laundry facilities as well as food for the residents who would otherwise by chronically homeless. Provide additional outreach activities including arts and crafts and other initiatives. Provide medical consultations and related services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $903K | $994K | $944K | — | — | $104K |
| 2023 | $619K | $628K | $614K | — | — | $240K |
| 2022 | $752K | $472K | — | — | $20K | $250K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $212K from 23 charities:
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$43K
- Social Development Centre Waterloo Region$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$11K
- Abundance Canada$10K
- Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Community Aid Fund$10K
- Gore Mutual Insurance Company Foundation$10K
- ST. James Rosemount United Church$9,000
- Grand River Unitarian Congregation$6,122
- ST Vincent de Paul Society Blessed Sacrament Conference$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Kitchener Rotary Club Charitable Foundation$2,000
- The Congregation of the Resurrection in Ontario$2,000
- The Guelph Community Foundation$2,000
- Columbia Forest Products Foundation Canada$2,000
- Community Counts Foundation$1,500
- Elevation Church$1,000
- Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$189
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$26
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$602K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from A Better Tent City Waterloo Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 784763302RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.