The Ripple Effect Education
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 789221736RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($191,076) as filed with the CRA.
The Ripple Effect Education is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $141K in revenue and $191K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $132K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $387 in 2024, the largest being $209 to K-W Working Centre for the Unemployed. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The charity operates subsidized in-classroom conflict resolution and relationship-building workshops for pupils from kindergarten to grade eight. The charity facilitates training for educators to develop their personal and professional peacemaking practices including conflict resolution restorative justice practices community building and mindfulness.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $141K | $191K | $182K | $4,973 | $389 | $92K |
| 2023 | $214K | $165K | $149K | — | — | $142K |
| 2022 | $110K | $141K | $131K | $1,353 | — | $93K |
| 2021 | $169K | $138K | $114K | $1,150 | $200 | $124K |
| 2020 | $179K | $98K | $86K | $1,086 | — | $93K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $387 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $132K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$155K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patricia Lawler (chair); Feden Kidan (member); Laurel Spring Boytim (president); Nunesh Devon Harnarain (member); Caitlyn Nicole Dettrich (secretary); Rhonda Belous (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ripple Effect Education’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 789221736RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.