Lutherwood
Publicly funded institution · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 107650178RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($41,249,214) as filed with the CRA.
Lutherwood 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $41.8M in revenue and $41.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $345K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band).
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
In operation since 1970 Lutherwood offers a range of mental health and social service programs in Waterloo Region and Guelph-Wellington County. We provide the following: • We help children and their families work through mental health issues through live-in (residential) school and community-basedtreatment programs; • A variety of employment services for youth and adults; • Services for individuals and families at risk of experiencing homelessness to find suitable housing; • A youth centre including a shelter and various services for homeless youth 12-18 years old; • An assisted living …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $41.8M | $41.2M | $37.1M | $0 | — | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $38.2M | $38.2M | $34.1M | — | — | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $36.3M | $36.4M | $32.9M | — | — | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $34.5M | $34.4M | $31.3M | $0 | — | $3.5M |
| 2020 | $34.4M | $33.8M | $30.9M | $0 | — | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $345K from 8 charities:
- The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation$326K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,864
- The Vaux Family Foundation$5,000
- Waterloo Rotary Club Charitable Foundation$3,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$13
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Region—
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Region—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$25.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Steinmann (chair); Lonnie Colter (secretary); Kevin Donovan (director); Chris Hewitt (treasurer); Will Hunter (director); Roshan James (director); Omar McLean (director); Jacinda Reitsma (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lutherwood’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107650178RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.