Family And Children's Services of The Waterloo Region
Publicly funded institution · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 129202842RR0002 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($55,184,462) as filed with the CRA.
Family And Children's Services of The 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $55.8M in revenue and $55.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $25.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 319 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The provision of child protection services to the children youth and families of the waterloo region
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $55.8M | $55.2M | $46.9M | — | — | -$1.2M |
| 2023 | $54.1M | $54.9M | $47.1M | — | — | -$1.8M |
| 2022 | $55.4M | $55.2M | $47.6M | — | — | $166K |
| 2021 | $56.2M | $55.3M | $47.7M | — | — | -$604K |
| 2020 | $56.4M | $54.6M | $47.3M | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $25 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions319
- Total compensation, all staff$32.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aubrey Sherman (director); Darren Kelly (vice chair); Jim Boles (director); Connie Vanin (director); Paulette Lewis (director); Ann Marie Beals (director); Joanna Nicol (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Family And Children's Services of The Waterloo Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129202842RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.