Knox Presbyterian Church
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 107575490RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,231,152) as filed with the CRA.
Knox Presbyterian Church is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $973K in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $42K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $44K in 2024, the largest being $42K to Presbyterian Church in Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Sunday worship service Christian education programs Various adult youth & student ministries weekly programs Retirement home ministry. All programs have resumed in person.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $973K | $1.2M | $917K | $21K | $44K | $4.3M |
| 2023 | $947K | $1.2M | $907K | $8,707 | $48K | $4.4M |
| 2022 | $928K | $1.2M | $939K | $0 | $51K | $4.3M |
| 2021 | $1M | $1.2M | $960K | $0 | $42K | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1M | $748K | $0 | $41K | $4.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $44K to 4 qualified donees:
- Presbyterian Church in Canada$42K
- Stephen Lewis Foundation$1,200
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Region$830
- The Women's Missionary Society (W D ) Waterloo$536
Received $42K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$400K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ruth Song (dir. finance); David Dougall (treasurer); Deb Schlichter (clerk of session); T. Hugh Donnelly (lead minister); Courtney Crawford (associate minister); Jen Yessis (session exec.); Eric Beard (elder - finance comm); Amy Wolf (elder - finance comm); George MacAskill (trustee); Ellen Yessis (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Knox Presbyterian Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107575490RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.