Mersynergy Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 136380557RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($369,986) as filed with the CRA.
Mersynergy Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $325K in revenue and $370K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $367K in 2024, the largest being $130K to Conrad Grebel University College. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Foundation solicited donations and distributed funds to a number of charitable organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $325K | $370K | — | — | $367K | $272K |
| 2023 | $385K | $113K | — | — | $105K | $317K |
| 2022 | $267K | $514K | — | — | $513K | $45K |
| 2021 | $78K | $445K | — | — | $444K | $292K |
| 2020 | $335K | $1.5M | — | — | $1.4M | $659K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $367K to 10 qualified donees:
- Conrad Grebel University College$130K
- Teamwork Children's Services International$42K
- House of Friendship$35K
- The Working Centre$35K
- Mennonite World Conference$30K
- Lync Housing$30K
- Beyond Housing$30K
- Meda$20K
- Research in Aging$10K
- Food Bank$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Albert Lobe (secretary); Sheila Lobrutto (director); Ross Shantz (chairman); Sandra Shantz (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mersynergy Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136380557RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.