Leadership Waterloo Region
Publicly funded institution · ST Jacobs, Ontario · BN 887822617RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($274,608) as filed with the CRA.
Leadership Waterloo Region is a charitable organization based in ST Jacobs, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 June 30, 2022, it reported $253K in revenue and $275K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 16% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $48.
Compared with 1,571 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Leadership waterloo region is an educational program for future leaders in waterloo region. The program is designed to identify and nurture potential leaders to develop a network of people who can work to solve community problems and to instill a sense of community through potential leaders.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $253K | $275K | $195K | $7,227 | — | -$47K |
| 2021 | $325K | $295K | $178K | $57K | — | -$26K |
| 2020 | $260K | $267K | $172K | $28K | — | -$56K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $48 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$199K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Tony Denison (board chair); Jackie Lauer (vice chair); David Beaudoin (treasurer); Anna Aceto-Guerin (director); Jason Boutcher (director); Brent Mayled (director); Ayo Owodunni (director); Diane Wiles (ceo (ex officio)).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Leadership Waterloo Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887822617RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.