Charity BreakdownCanadian charity filings, itemized

K-W Working Centre for the Unemployed

Publicly funded institution · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 130929607RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website

Your $100, itemizedK-W Working Centre for the UnemployedFiscal year ended March 31, 2024
Charitable programs$99
Fundraising$1
TOTAL$100
RegisteredPublicly funded

Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($21,587,069) as filed with the CRA.

K-W Working Centre for the Unemployed 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 $26M in revenue and $21.6M in expenditures.

Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 57% from government, 13% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 61 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.8M.

Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 164 permanent full-time positions.

Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.3M in 2020 to $26M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.

In its own words

The Working Centre is a mature community-based organization since 1982 creating access to tools for those without work those without housing and the most vulnerable in the community. We build dynamic spaces where community forms and people find places of belonging practical supports and ways to contribute. - St. John's Kitchen serves a daily meal to people who experience homelessness/are at risk - Street Outreach workers support people to problem-solving issues of health care income housing legal issues. - Housing - Hospitality House Water Street House affordable housing emergency Sh…

Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.

The ledger, 2020–2024

YearRevenueSpendingProgramsFundraisingGifts outNet assets
2024$26M$21.6M$21.4M$103K—$13.6M
2023$19.3M$17.6M$17.5M$21K—$13.1M
2022$13.9M$12.5M$12.5M$20K—$11.4M
2021$10.4M$9.1M$9M——$10M
2020$8.3M$7.5M$7.4M$73K—$15.4M

Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.

Money between charities, 2024

Received $2.8M from 61 charities:

As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.

What it pays

Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:

  • $40,000–79,99910 positions
  • Permanent full-time positions164
  • Total compensation, all staff$11.7M

Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.

Directors & trustees (2024)

Carol Taylor (president); Kevin Kalbfleisch (vice president); Wendy Czarny (secretary); Darren Denomme (treasurer); Asnake Dabala (director); Eunice Valenzuela (director); Don Gingerich (director); Funke Oba (director).

As listed on its 2024 return.

Check the source

Every figure on this page is from K-W Working Centre for the Unemployed’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130929607RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.