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.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$403,983
- Receipted donations$56,734
- Other income$5,359
- From other charities$1,626
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.