Silver Lake Mennonite Camp Inc.
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 119150209RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,212,050) as filed with the CRA.
Silver Lake Mennonite Camp Inc. is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $285K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $590K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Children's Camp for religious and recreational Programs Off-season rental facility for community and church groups Outdoor Education programs for schools and groups Community Gatherings Outdoor Education programs for Land-based Learning01230qw0v/;;;
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $992K | $68K | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $893K | $33K | $0 | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $925K | $978K | $155K | $56K | $4,814 | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $889K | $689K | $153K | $39K | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $590K | $557K | $94K | $4,253 | $0 | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $285K from 16 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$70K
- Canadahelps Canadon$70K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$57K
- Abundance Canada$43K
- The Jim and Lorna Blair Charitable Foundation$15K
- Mennonite Church Eastern Canada Eglise Mennonite de l'Est du Canada$11K
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$5,300
- Breslau Mennonite Church$4,500
- Barterpay It Forward Foundation$3,566
- Waterloo North Mennonite Church$1,187
- Toronto United Mennonite Church$1,005
- Hamilton Mennonite Church$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$697
- The Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church$500
- Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church$333
- Zion United Church$200
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$583K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lilette Wiens (director); Chris Morgan (vice-chair); Shauna Heide (secretary); Chris Steingart (director); Alissa Bender (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Silver Lake Mennonite Camp Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119150209RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.