The Kitchener-Waterloo Bilingual School
Publicly funded institution · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 119240737RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,868,761) as filed with the CRA.
The Kitchener-Waterloo Bilingual School is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $4.7M in revenue and $4.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,782.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 30 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Operating a school to provide an enriched bilingual education for children from pre-school years through grade eight.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $4.9M | $4.2M | $118K | — | $12.5M |
| 2023 | $4.3M | $5.2M | $4.4M | $81K | — | $12.5M |
| 2022 | $3.9M | $4M | $3.4M | $33K | — | $12.8M |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $3.8M | $3.2M | $20K | — | $12.8M |
| 2020 | $3.6M | $3.9M | $3.4M | $72K | — | $13M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,782 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions30
- Total compensation, all staff$3.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cindy Endicott (treasurer); Dana Liebermann Finestone (vice-chair); Greg Heikoop (director); John Longarini (director); Derek Phillips (chair); Anne Bulik (director); Eric Kingston (director); Kostya Kovalenko (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Kitchener-Waterloo Bilingual School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119240737RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.