Lutheran Homes Kitchener-Waterloo
Publicly funded institution · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 136781937RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($21,264,059) as filed with the CRA.
Lutheran Homes Kitchener-Waterloo is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $23.3M in revenue and $21.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $270K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (3 positions in that band).
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Provide and operate non-profit residential accommodation and incidental facilities there to exclusive for: 1) person with low income 2) senior citizen of low/modest income and who have varying degree of special needs 3) disabled person of low/modest income.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23.3M | $21.3M | $20.2M | — | — | $12.5M |
| 2023 | $18.6M | $18.3M | — | — | — | $10.4M |
| 2022 | $17.3M | $17.4M | $16M | — | — | $10.1M |
| 2021 | $16.7M | $16M | $14.2M | — | — | $10.1M |
| 2020 | $16M | $15M | $13.6M | — | — | $9.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $270K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$13M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mike Gallant (board chair); Paquita Freire (director); Scott Murphy (vice-chair); Michelle Scott (director); Jason Wong (treasurer); Jan Atkinson (secretary); Douglas Rebel (bishop rep); Heather Norris (director); Michelle Lennox (director); Lawrence Kuntz (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lutheran Homes Kitchener-Waterloo’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136781937RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.