Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region
Charitable organization · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 861228849RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($458,687) as filed with the CRA.
Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region is a charitable organization based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $481K in revenue and $459K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from donations, 38% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $142K in 2020 to $481K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Bep provides the following: -career talks in local schools -student conferences -career expos -mentorship projects -youth microgrants -experiential learning for grade 11 and 12 students.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $481K | $459K | $367K | — | — | $383K |
| 2023 | $538K | $396K | $300K | — | $4,500 | $361K |
| 2022 | $284K | $245K | $164K | — | — | $218K |
| 2021 | $396K | $258K | — | — | — | $179K |
| 2020 | $142K | $123K | $76K | — | — | $42K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$307K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rosie Hessian (director); Carmin Lakhanpal (director); Omar Hussein (director); Scott Higgins (vice chair); Stephen Macneil (director); Ann Moser (chair); Katherine ST. Louis (director); Annalisa Varano (director); Bilal Khan (treasurer); Carol Ann Olheiser (director); Crissa Hill (director); Arinze Okonkwo (director); Ana Zavalza (director); Sarah Langille (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861228849RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.