The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 118983550RR0001 · Animal Welfare
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,133,025) as filed with the CRA.
The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $8.8M in revenue and $6.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations, 29% from government, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $595K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 55 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.3M in 2020 to $8.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Provide animal control and shelter operations for the cities of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford. Provide educational seminars at the shelter in schools and other community centers. Educational literature distributed throughout the region and cities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.8M | $6.1M | $5M | $595K | — | $12.1M |
| 2023 | $6.7M | $5.9M | $4.7M | $555K | — | $9.9M |
| 2022 | — | $5M | $4M | $423K | — | $9M |
| 2021 | $5.8M | $4.1M | $3.2M | $285K | — | $8.5M |
| 2020 | $5.3M | $3.7M | $2.8M | $229K | — | $6.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $595K from 32 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$174K
- Canadahelps Canadon$174K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$93K
- Aqueduct Foundation$25K
- Canada Gives$25K
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$21K
- The Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation$20K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$11K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$10K
- The Panikkar Family Foundation$10K
- S.M. Blair Family Foundation$5,000
- Mowbray and Doris Sifton Family Foundation$5,000
- Abundance Canada$2,751
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$2,750
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,698
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$803
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$750
- Charitus$750
- The Cowan Foundation$500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$260
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$253
- Renison University College$250
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$250
- United Way of Oxford$202
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions55
- Total compensation, all staff$3.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Krista Linklater (director); Andrea Roth (director); Angela Woods (director); Carleen Carroll (director); Rob Grein (treasurer); Nickola Voegelin (vice-chair); Alex Wiltshire (secretary); Michael Banham (director); Mark Fox (chair); Nathan Riedel (director); Lucinda Wallace (director); Amanda Craig (director); Jennifer Ly (director); Aran Matier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118983550RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.