The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 876694407RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($13,461,800) as filed with the CRA.
The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $30.9M in revenue and $13.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 47 qualified donees totalling $12M in 2024, the largest being $1.4M to Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We provide grants for health education and children;s initiatives in the waterloo region.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $30.9M | $13.5M | $386K | — | $12M | $127.3M |
| 2023 | $18.6M | $23.4M | $394K | — | $21.9M | $109.9M |
| 2022 | $5.7M | $16.5M | $381K | — | $15.2M | $114.6M |
| 2021 | $38.4M | $15.4M | $366K | — | $14.2M | $125.4M |
| 2020 | $21.9M | $11.8M | $330K | — | $10.7M | $102.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12M to 47 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health$1.4M
- House of Friendship$1M
- Capacity Canada$1M
- Strong Start Charitable Organization$1M
- Cambridge Memorial Hospital Foundation$1M
- K-W Working Centre for the Unemployed$550K
- ST Mary's General Hospital Foundation Kitchener-Waterloo$500K
- Waterloo Regional Health Network Foundation$500K
- Kidsability Centre for Child Development Foundation$440K
- Family & Children's Services of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Foundation$420K
- Lutherwood$326K
- Young Women's Christian Association of Cambridge$300K
- Langs Farm Village Association$290K
- YMCA of Three Rivers (midwestern Ontario)$250K
- Region of Waterloo Planning Development and$250K
- Kitchener Public Library Board$250K
- The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$210K
- Anishnabeg Outreach Employment and Training Inc.$200K
- Kinbridge Community Association$175K
- Fiddlesticks Community Centre$160K
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$150K
- Reception House - Waterloo Region Inc.$125K
- Waterloo Region Family Network$100K
- Sexual Health Options Resources & Education Centre$100K
- Preston Heights Community Group$99K
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$480K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrea Witzel (trustee); Eli Witmer (trustee); James Hallman (trustee); Steve Cameron (trustee); Vivian Zochowski (trustee); Wayne Kemick (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876694407RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.