Waterloo Region Family Network
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 836174052RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($463,986) as filed with the CRA.
Waterloo Region Family Network is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $413K in revenue and $464K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 2360% from donations, 89% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $173K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 95% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $225K in 2020 to $413K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Waterloo region network supports families of children youth and adults with special needs both with and without a diagnosis in waterloo region prviding resources and facilitating meaningful connections in all life stages. As a peer-developed and peer-droven network wrfn is uniquely able to understand how to serve the needs of exceptional families so they can thrive. Prgrams include parent mentor match program. Workshop and seminars social groups system and service navigatio ongoing support groups and personal guidance to ensure families are aware of and appropriately connected to all …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $413K | $464K | $251K | $12K | — | $222K |
| 2023 | $371K | $377K | $286K | $16K | — | $273K |
| 2022 | $391K | $363K | $274K | $9,194 | — | $279K |
| 2021 | $375K | $258K | $191K | $17K | — | $250K |
| 2020 | $225K | $202K | $151K | $12K | — | $133K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $173K from 9 charities:
- The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation$100K
- Kidsability Centre for Child Development$28K
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$13K
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,358
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,832
- The Ontario Caregiver Organization$2,700
- Abundance Canada$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$363K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Klink (chair); Susan Simpson (secretary); Samantha Brewer (treasurer); Debbie Koekstra (director); Kirk Irving (director); Lina Caputo (director); John Gilbert (vice chair); Taylor Walker (director); Tammy Mayne (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Waterloo Region Family Network’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 836174052RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.