Woolwich Counselling Centre
Charitable organization · Elmira, Ontario · BN 119302099RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,271,852) as filed with the CRA.
Woolwich Counselling Centre is a charitable organization based in Elmira, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 18% from government, 42% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $300K.
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 41% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $701K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Professional counseling to individuals couples and families Play therapy for children Community education and group counseling Elementary school based group programs and counseling Secondary school based group programs and counseling
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $22K | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $736K | $32K | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $833K | $839K | $651K | $24K | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $819K | — | — | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $701K | $539K | $446K | $8,328 | — | $964K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $300K from 9 charities:
- Abundance Canada$223K
- The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation$40K
- Astley Family Foundation$20K
- Hawkesville Mennonite Church$10K
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$4,870
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,783
- Floradale Mennonite Church Inc.$1,000
- Zion Mennonite Fellowship Inc.$300
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$20
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tammy Mayer (chair); Vern Lunz (treasurer); Jonathan Brubacher (director); Diane Martin (director); Rob Horne (director); Brian Shantz (director); Sheila Forler Bauman (director); Quentin Martin (director); Sydney Austin (director); Sheri Stover (director); Matt VanderMeer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Woolwich Counselling Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119302099RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.