Karis Disability Services
Publicly funded institution · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 886864214RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($217,042,718) as filed with the CRA.
Karis Disability Services is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. 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 $216.6M in revenue and $217M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $92K.
Compared with 29 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 1,777 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Karis Disability Services is a non-profit faith-based charitable organization providing supports and services to more than 2 500 people who experience disabilities and their families in Ontario and Saskatchewan. With more than 200 residences and respite care facilities we offer programs and services that can be tailored to meet a wide variety of needs. We believe that supporting a person's emotional physical social and spiritual needs contributes to their lives in profound ways and opens doors to belonging in their community. Karis Disability Services programs are directly funded by the On…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $216.6M | $217M | $198.3M | — | — | $26.6M |
| 2023 | $207.2M | $209.5M | $192.5M | — | — | $27.5M |
| 2022 | $198.7M | $200.8M | $182.6M | — | $637K | $29.8M |
| 2021 | $197.8M | $197.7M | $181.8M | — | — | $32M |
| 2020 | $184.8M | $186.7M | $172.5M | — | — | $31.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $92K from 18 charities:
- Christian Stewardship Services$26K
- Clearview Christian Reformed Church$22K
- Saint John's School of Alberta Legacy Foundation$15K
- ST. Mathew's Mar Thoma Church Toronto$8,000
- Calvary Pentecostal Church$4,629
- Parkwood Gardens Community Church$4,200
- Immanuel Christian Reformed Church of Hamilton$3,448
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,070
- Clearview Christian Reformed Church$1,628
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,315
- Byron United Church$1,000
- Roseville Church$1,000
- Harmony Community Church$984
- Calvary Christian Reformed Church of Ottawa (east)$860
- Athens Christian Reformed Church$713
- The Sisters of ST Joseph of Sault Ste Marie$200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$80
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,777
- Total compensation, all staff$172.6M
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 Disability Services’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886864214RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.