Woolwich Transit Inc
Publicly funded institution · Elmira, Ontario · BN 134474410RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,469,200) as filed with the CRA.
Woolwich Transit Inc is a charitable organization based in Elmira, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $30K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (16 positions in that band). The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Provide specialized accessible transportation for the elderly physically and developmentally disabled residents of Woolwich Wellesley and Wilmot Township.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $2.5M | $2.4M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.4M | $2.4M | $0 | $0 | $805K |
| 2022 | $2M | $2M | $1.9M | — | — | $516K |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $1.7M | $1.7M | $0 | $0 | $538K |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $0 | $0 | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $30K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,99916 positions
- $40,000–79,99914 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cheryl Peterson (director); Joe Nowak (vice-chairperson); Larry Hellerman (director); Jim Schwindt (director); Bill Cummings (director); Donna Hartzler (treasurer); Sandy Shantz (chairperson); Natash Salonen (director); John Thomas Pearson (general manager); Rik Louwagie (director); Chris Martin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Woolwich Transit Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134474410RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.