K-W Symphony Foundation Inc.
Public foundation · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 889368197RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($52,246) as filed with the CRA.
K-W Symphony Foundation Inc. is a public foundation based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $468K in revenue and $52K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,100.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $9,681 in 2024, the largest being $9,681 to Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra Association Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $100K in 2020 to $468K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Investment of endowment funds for the benefit of orchestral music in the waterloo region community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $468K | $52K | — | — | $9,681 | $3M |
| 2023 | $241K | $209K | — | — | $200K | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $207K | $54K | — | — | $50K | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $476K | $29K | — | — | $25K | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $100K | $44K | — | — | $40K | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $9,681 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $6,100 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Davidson (director); Mike Marshman (director); Karen Wilkinson (director); Heather Galt (director); Elikem Deley (director); Nadine Collins (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from K-W Symphony Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889368197RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.