Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Community Aid Fund
Public foundation · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 801163494RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($460,343) as filed with the CRA.
Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Community Aid Fund is a public foundation based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $434K in revenue and $460K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $461K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 78% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 20 qualified donees totalling $393K in 2024, the largest being $310K to House of Friendship. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
1. To eradicate extreme hunger in the local community by providing food and other basic supplies to persons in need and of low income; 2. To improve and advance education in the local community by providing scholarships and financial assistance to students in need and by providing funds to educational institutions; 3. To provide financial support and to coordinate the provision of health care services for people with diseases and illness in the local community; 4. To relieve lineliness of the aged and to improve their mobility and fitness including but not limited to financial assistance…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $434K | $460K | — | $19K | $393K | $46K |
| 2023 | $616K | $619K | $3,800 | $139K | $402K | $72K |
| 2022 | $657K | $675K | $2,855 | $129K | $466K | $75K |
| 2021 | $596K | $550K | $4,210 | $114K | $378K | $93K |
| 2020 | $371K | $359K | $5,000 | $18K | $314K | $47K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $393K to 20 qualified donees:
- House of Friendship$310K
- Child Witness Centre of Waterloo Region$18K
- A Better Tent City Waterloo Region$10K
- Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre Inc.$7,500
- Kidsability Centre for Child Development Foundation$7,164
- Kitchener-Waterloo Young Women's Christian Association$4,650
- Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region$4,500
- Reaching Our Outdoor Friends (kitchener)$4,500
- Nutrition for Learning Inc.$3,750
- Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region$3,250
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$3,000
- Food4Kids Waterloo Region$3,000
- Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region$2,325
- Strong Start Charitable Organization$2,325
- Community Support Connections - Meals on Wheels and More$2,300
- Shelter Movers$2,100
- Community Justice Initiatives of Waterloo Region$1,400
- Hospice of Waterloo Region$1,400
- Highland Baptist Church$1,000
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Region$1,000
Received $461K from 7 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$217K
- Canadahelps Canadon$217K
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$22K
- Abundance Canada$2,250
- The Savvas Chamberlain Family Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$735
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$150
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steve Moore (treasurer); Tony Denison (director); Dieter Kays (past president); Mike Klien (vice president); Diane Wolfenden (president); Andrew Meikle (director); David Graham (director); Paul Sweeny (director); Mike Benton (director); Jim Erb (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Community Aid Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801163494RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.