Karis Community Initiatives
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 118856608RR0002 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,191,135) as filed with the CRA.
Karis Community Initiatives is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $53K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $300,000–349,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $194K in 2024, the largest being $193K to Karis Global Partnerships. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Karis Community Initiatives is a non-profit faith based charitable organization serving families in Ontario and Saskatchewan. Our purpose is to contribute to the quality of life of people who experience disabilities by addressing their emotional intellectual social physical and spiritual needs. Services include camps and excursions as well as fee-for-service programs and vacations. Our Vision: People who experience disabilities belong to communities in which their God-given gifts are valued and celebrated. Our Mission: As an expression of Christian faith we work together with people who…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $3.2M | $2.9M | $102K | $193K | $5.7M |
| 2023 | $3.6M | $3.7M | $3.3M | $194K | $166K | $6M |
| 2022 | $3.6M | $2.6M | $2.3M | $159K | $142K | $5.5M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $58K | $202K | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $2.4M | $1.9M | $80K | $444K | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $194K to 2 qualified donees:
- Karis Global Partnerships$193K
- Israel Elwyn Canadian Friends of Israel$1,000
Received $53K from 22 charities:
- BenefAction Foundation$25K
- Karis Disability Services Foundation$10K
- Calvin (dundas) Christian Reformed Church$2,839
- Hamilton Community Foundation$2,517
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,010
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,521
- The Canadian Mission Board of the Church of God in Canada$1,500
- The Junction Christian Reformed Church of ST. Thomas$1,490
- Free Reformed Church of Dundas$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$917
- Ingersoll Christian Reformed Church$803
- Maranatha Christian Reformed Church of York$801
- Waterloo Christian Reformed Church$620
- Elevation Church$500
- Water Street Christian Reformed Church of Guelph$500
- East Christian Reformed Church$461
- Calvary Baptist Church Cobourg$300
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$98
- Hebron Christian Reformed Church$95
- Bradford Trinity Church$75
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
- New Hope Community Church—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9992 positions
- $250,000–299,9993 positions
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Clare Lebold (director); Judy Eerkes (chair); Beth Woof (vice chair); Mark Ghesquiere (vice chair); Rebecca Evans (director); Marty Robinson (director); Tim Epp (director); Tyler Bowman (director); Hoa Pearce (director); Richard Williams (director); Shelley Conliffe-Wiens (director); Priscilla Stephen (director); Harry Verburg (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Karis Community Initiatives’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118856608RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.