Waterloo Historical Society
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 119289064RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($31,579) as filed with the CRA.
Waterloo Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $27K in revenue and $32K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $500.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $1,400 in 2024, the largest being $1,250 to Kitchener Public Library Board. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Publication of an annual volume of articles on local history. Participation in local heritage days celebrations. Public meeting with a guest speaker giving a talk on local history. Maintain archival collection of local documents. Online indexing project - this will allow researchers to search for words or photos in the annual volume articles via the internet. Publication of a newsletter several times per year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27K | $32K | $28K | — | $1,400 | $61K |
| 2023 | $22K | $24K | $20K | — | $1,125 | $66K |
| 2022 | $25K | $25K | $22K | — | $0 | $68K |
| 2021 | $26K | $23K | $20K | — | $1,125 | $68K |
| 2020 | $27K | $22K | $19K | — | $750 | $66K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,400 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $500 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Ball-Pyatt (director); David Emberly (director); John Glass (president director); Debbie Kroetsch (director); Mary Lapp (secretary director); Richard Mills (director); Raymond Ruddy (director); Jeffrey Shank (treasurer director); Warren Stauch (director); Glenn Thorpe (director); Eric Uhlmann (director); Lesley Webb (past president director); Mary Anne Banks (director); Sophia Grande-Lawlor (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Waterloo Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119289064RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.