Parents for Community Living Kitchener
Publicly funded institution · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 134898782RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,272,731) as filed with the CRA.
Parents for Community Living Kitchener is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $11.5M in revenue and $11.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 148 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $12K in 2024, the largest being $8,200 to Waterloo Region Community Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Parents for Community Living (PCL) enhances the quality of life of individuals with developmental disabilities by providing services and family-like homes in our community as follows: 1) PCL provides permanent residential support for 45 adults in eight locations 2) PCL provides permanent residential support for 7 children in 2 locations as well as out of home respite care for 14 children in one location. 3) PCL provides permanent residential support for 7 adults as well as out of home respite care for 3 adults in one location. 4) PCL supports 13 adults in community based settings. 5) PCL provi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.5M | $11.3M | $10.4M | — | — | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $11.2M | $10.6M | $9.8M | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $9.8M | $9.6M | $8.8M | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $8.9M | $8.6M | $8M | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $7.9M | $7.7M | $7.1M | $36K | — | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12K to 4 qualified donees:
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$8,200
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,022
- Congregation of the Sisters on St. Joseph$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$268
Received $17K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions148
- Total compensation, all staff$9.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tom Hunter (chair); Linda Scott Campbell (treasurer); Kerry-Ann Bent (vice-chair); Rebecca Smith (secretary); Garry Boland (board member); Mike Aiken (board member); Dan Collings (board member); Rose Johnson (board member); Jonathon Minnes (board member); Lilian Ng (board member); Marion Howell (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Parents for Community Living Kitchener’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134898782RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.