Woolwich Community Services
Charitable organization · Elmira, Ontario · BN 119303980RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,045,772) as filed with the CRA.
Woolwich Community Services is a charitable organization based in Elmira, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations, 11% from government, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $465K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Information Centre Individual Support Christmas Hampers Food Bank Low German Support Family Support Family Violence Prevention Youth Centre Thirft Shop Volunteer Driving Mobility Cupboards
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1M | $926K | $20K | — | $3M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1M | $919K | $1,324 | — | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1M | $927K | $1,324 | — | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $766K | $688K | $1,324 | — | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $923K | $819K | $716K | $19K | — | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $465K from 22 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$97K
- Canadahelps Canadon$97K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$69K
- Abundance Canada$63K
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Region$29K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$25K
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$21K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$21K
- Hawkesville Mennonite Church$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,907
- ST. James Lutheran Church$5,861
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,000
- Bloomingdale United Church$4,069
- Woodside Bible Fellowship$3,000
- St. Jacobs Mennonite Church$2,288
- The Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation$2,225
- Floradale Mennonite Church Inc.$1,500
- Zion Mennonite Fellowship Inc.$750
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$680
- The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation$650
- The Guelph Community Foundation$500
- ST. James Evangelical Lutheran Church$340
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$574K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allison Beams (past chair); Crystal Campbell (board member); Melanie McNeil (board member); Ron Moser (board member); Robert Musselman (secretary/treasurer); Ryan Hume (board member); John Woods (board member); Jeremy Malloy (vice chair); Gloria Martin (chair); Kim Snyder (board member); Kelly Christie (ex-officio recording sectretar).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Woolwich Community Services’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119303980RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.