Kitchener Waterloo Legacy Foundation
Public foundation · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 798460408RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($155,855) as filed with the CRA.
Kitchener Waterloo Legacy Foundation is a public foundation based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $188K in revenue and $156K in expenditures.
In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,460.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $41K in 2024, the largest being $38K to Waterloo Regional Suicide Prevention Council. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $17K in 2022 to $188K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
We seek to provide meaningful financial support to other charitable organizations within our community whose aim is to improve the lives of those in need. Our main charitable activity is to make donations to educational institutions (qualified donees) to support the cost of post secondary education for recipients of scholarships who have a financial need and are future leaders of our community. We hold 2 main fundraising events each year to support our charity giving: 1) We host a golf tournament in Sept called 'Golf for Scholarships' 2) We host an event called 'Top Home Chefs' each year i…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $188K | $156K | $111K | — | $41K | $239K |
| 2023 | $199K | $151K | $0 | $92K | $55K | $169K |
| 2022 | $17K | $68K | — | $50K | $9,918 | $122K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $41K to 2 qualified donees:
- Waterloo Regional Suicide Prevention Council$38K
- Waterloo Region Catholic School Foundation$3,000
Received $3,460 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darren Denomme (secretary); Sean Doherty (president); Scott Lackenbauer (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kitchener Waterloo Legacy Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 798460408RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.