The K-W Foundation for Lutheran Education
Publicly funded institution · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 119241255RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($20,832) as filed with the CRA.
The K-W Foundation for Lutheran Education is a public foundation based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $16K in revenue and $21K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $962.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $18K in 2024, the largest being $6,000 to B.C. Mission Boat Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Supporting canadian - based charitable organizations carrying on lutheran educational work.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16K | $21K | — | — | $18K | $512K |
| 2023 | $13K | $18K | — | — | $16K | $515K |
| 2022 | $17K | $21K | — | — | $19K | $523K |
| 2021 | $21K | $29K | — | — | $19K | $527K |
| 2020 | $21K | $24K | — | — | $19K | $535K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $18K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $962 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandra Hill (chair); Marilyn Jacobi (vice chair); David Westfall (treasurer); Udi Scott (secretary); Elaine Scharlach (director); Doris Schaeffer (director); John Schreiter (director); James Keller (ex officio); Edward Claxton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The K-W Foundation for Lutheran Education’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119241255RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.