WATERLOO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Charitable organizationPublic amenities·85 QUEEN STREET N · KITCHENER, ON · N2H 2H1·BN 119289064RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-09-30
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Publication of an annual volume of articles on local history. Participation in local heritage days celebrations. Public meeting with a guest speaker giving a talk on local history. Maintain archival collection of local documents. Online indexing project - this will allow researchers to search for words or photos in the annual volume articles via the internet. Publication of a newsletter several times per year.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)92¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 92¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)8%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)—
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$27K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)60%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)4%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-30 | $31K | 90¢ | 10% | — |
| 2020-09-30 | $27K | 91¢ | 9% | — |
| 2021-09-30 | $26K | 92¢ | 8% | — |
| 2022-09-30 | $25K | 91¢ | 9% | — |
| 2023-09-30 | $22K | 89¢ | 11% | — |
| 2024-09-30 | $27K | 92¢ | 8% | — |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Board of directors
16 directors reported · 15 of 16at arm's length
- Applebee, ErinDirectorarm's length
- Ball-Pyatt, KarenDirectorarm's length
- Emberly, DavidDirectorarm's length
- Glass, John CPresident Directorarm's length
- Kroetsch, DebbieDirectorarm's length
- Lapp, MarySecretary Directorarm's length
- Mills, RichardDirectorarm's length
- Roes, MarionDirectorarm's length
- Ruddy, RaymondDirectorarm's length
- Shank, JeffreyTreasurer Directorarm's length
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- Stauch, WarrenDirectorarm's length
- Thorpe, GlennDirectorarm's length
- Uhlmann, EricDirectorarm's length
- Webb, LesleyPast President Directorarm's length
- Banks, Mary AnneDirectorarm's length
- Grande-Lawlor, SophiaDirectornot at arm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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