Child Witness Centre of Waterloo Region
Publicly funded institution · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 100977180RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,108,535) as filed with the CRA.
Child Witness Centre of Waterloo Region is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 54% from government, 32% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $452K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The child witness centre provides support education and advocacy for children and youth who are or may become victims or witnesses of abuse or crime. Our advocates at the waterloo region child and youth advocacy centre work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure young people and their families are supported during a criminal investigation and beyond regardless of whether charges are laid. Our child witness program provides court preparation and accompaniment advocacy and support when criminal charges have been laid for children and youth who are victims or witnesses of a crime and …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $772K | $147K | — | $811K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1M | $755K | $94K | — | $726K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $875K | $202K | — | $726K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $783K | $170K | — | $726K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $876K | $169K | — | $665K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $452K from 23 charities:
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$123K
- Astley Family Foundation$60K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$37K
- Aubrey & Marla Dan Foundation$27K
- Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Community Aid Fund$18K
- The Masonic Foundation of Ontario$15K
- The Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation$15K
- United Way Community Services of Guelph and Wellington$13K
- Rotary Club of Kitchener-Westmount Charitable Foundation$9,200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$8,859
- Alice and Murray Maitland Foundation$5,000
- The George Lunan Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,501
- Abundance Canada$2,500
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$2,063
- The May Court Club of Kitchener-Waterloo$2,050
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,685
- Parkminster United Church$1,000
- Philip & Linda Armstrong Foundation$1,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$78
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$831K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bernadette Behm (chair); Tomas Blazejowski (director); Lisa Debaets (director); Alexis De Leon (director); Paula Fecteau (secretary); Kendra Abraham (director); Reid Pridham (director); Ryan Selves (treasurer); Chris Warden (director); Nicole Hobbs (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Child Witness Centre of Waterloo Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 100977180RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.