The Catholic Community Foundation of Waterloo Region Inc.
Public foundation · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 892102286RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($768,813) as filed with the CRA.
The Catholic Community Foundation of Waterloo Region Inc. is a public foundation based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $769K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $34.5M in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
1. Provide funds to schools to purchase resources to benefit students 2. Provide funds for scholarships to schools for students 3. Manage endowment funds to provide income for scholarships
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $769K | $648K | $19K | — | $5.5M |
| 2023 | $933K | $590K | $453K | $22K | — | $5M |
| 2022 | $2,250 | $549K | $405K | $31K | — | — |
| 2021 | $774K | $584K | $464K | $27K | — | — |
| 2020 | $34.5M | $599K | $559K | $458 | — | $5.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Colin Kirvan (past chair); Christopher Gehan (president); Marty Ignor (co-treasurer); Gai Brown (director); Roger Lawler (chair); Paul Mendonca (director); Mike Gazzola (co-treasurer); Denise Boudreau (director); Laurie Maschio-Hanson (director); Melina Pearson (secretary); Manuel Da Silva (director); Tyrone Dowling (director); Frank Wittman (vice chair); Jamelah Hersh (director); Carla Santomero (director); Rev Paul Voisin CR (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Catholic Community Foundation of Waterloo Region Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892102286RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.