Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 118987601RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,947,602) as filed with the CRA.
Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 $3.6M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $403K.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 49 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Settlement assistance for immigrants employment programs interpretation and translation services as well as community education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $2.9M | $1.8M | — | — | $966K |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $2.5M | $1.8M | — | — | $963K |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $2.3M | $1.9M | — | — | $980K |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2M | $1.7M | — | — | $960K |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.6M | $2.2M | $40K | — | $951K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $403K from 11 charities:
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$131K
- Canadahelps Canadon$74K
- Canadahelps Canadon$74K
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$55K
- The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation$30K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$26K
- Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Community Aid Fund$7,500
- Mount Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Waterloo$2,600
- Mennonite Central Committee Ontario$900
- Creekside Church$612
- United Way of Greater Toronto$359
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions49
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lucia Harrison (executive director); Yasir Dildar (vice-president); Romy Yee (secretary); Paulina Cisneros (treasurer); Paige Monck-Whipp (director); Debra Chapman (director); John Goodman (chair); Paige Monck-Whipp (director); Alaa Allouh (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118987601RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.