Waterloo Region Community Foundation
Public foundation · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 132170994RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,701,356) as filed with the CRA.
Waterloo Region Community 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 $23.6M in revenue and $10.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $983K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 360 qualified donees totalling $7.5M in 2024, the largest being $517K to Rare Charitable Research Reserve. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Waterloo region community foundation (wrcf) collaborates with partners to ensure our communities are equitable connected and sustainable; and people are thriving. We strengthen local organizations spaces and experiences to increase connection with communities across the three cities and four townships of waterloo region. We make philantropy easy for individuals and companies to support organizations and issues they care about. Wrcf is focused on granting investing and mobilizing to make measurable and sustainable impacts. Gifts are directed to wrcf's endowed funds with the income generat…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23.6M | $10.7M | $968K | $517K | $7.5M | $130.6M |
| 2023 | $21.5M | $10.7M | $775K | $505K | $8.1M | $117.7M |
| 2022 | $8.7M | $7.7M | $755K | $399K | $5.4M | $106.9M |
| 2021 | $17.7M | $6.9M | $728K | $331K | $4.6M | $105.9M |
| 2020 | $17.7M | $7.7M | $613K | $285K | $5.7M | $95.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7.5M to 360 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Rare Charitable Research Reserve$517K
- Kidsability Centre for Child Development Foundation$270K
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$204K
- Township of North Huron$170K
- House of Friendship$164K
- Kitchener-Waterloo Young Women's Christian Association$154K
- K-W Working Centre for the Unemployed$144K
- Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region$135K
- Kinbridge Community Association$115K
- ST Mary's General Hospital Foundation Kitchener-Waterloo$111K
- Waterloo Regional Health Network Foundation$105K
- Cambridge Memorial Hospital Foundation$99K
- Mennohomes Inc.$98K
- Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region$97K
- Greenway-Chaplin Community Centre$96K
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Region$96K
- Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery$94K
- Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health$91K
- University of Waterloo$88K
- J.M. Drama Alumni$86K
- Wingham and District Hospital Foundation (1986)$85K
- The Multicultural Theatre Space (The MT Space) Inc.$83K
- Hospice of Waterloo Region$80K
- Community Justice Initiatives of Waterloo Region$79K
- Community Support Connections - Meals on Wheels and More$79K
Received $983K from 24 charities:
- Community Foundations of Canada$213K
- The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation$150K
- Canadahelps Canadon$124K
- Canadahelps Canadon$124K
- Locking Arms Foundation$100K
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$52K
- Ayr Horticultural Society$50K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$37K
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$35K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$27K
- The Gilbert and Sullivan Society Waterlooregional Branch$25K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$13K
- Parents for Community Living Kitchener$8,200
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$8,000
- The Connor Clark & Lunn Foundation$4,871
- Zonta Club of Kitchener-Waterloo Charitable Foundation$3,500
- Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Community Aid Fund$3,000
- Waterloo Rotary Club Charitable Foundation$2,500
- Abundance Canada$1,100
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$1,000
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (philipsburg) Incorporated$600
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$98
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mike Braga (director); Andrea Harding (director); Melissa Ireland (director); Timothy Jackson (vice chair); Darren Juneau (director); Bilal Khan (director); Mehrunnisa Kharodia (director); Elizabeth Jinsook Kim (chair); Laura Mae Lindo (director); Manuel Martins (director); Darren Rennie (director); Pedro Ribeiro (director); Eric Avner (president & ceo).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Waterloo Region Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132170994RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.