WATERLOO REGION SUICIDE PREVENTION COUNCIL
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·165 KING ST E · KITCHENER, ON · N2G 2K8·BN 831171723RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The work of the WRSPC focuses on four pillars: Building a Sense of Community Engaging Populations of Priority Advancing Organizational Capacity and Growing Provincial and National Reach. We provide the following programs within three key areas referred to as Hope Help and Healing: *Distribution of free educational brochures and resources to the community. *Presentations and educational opportunities offered to organizations schools workplaces and for professionals providing frontline services about life promotion suicide awareness stress and mental health. * Funding for suicid… Show more
The work of the WRSPC focuses on four pillars: Building a Sense of Community Engaging Populations of Priority Advancing Organizational Capacity and Growing Provincial and National Reach. We provide the following programs within three key areas referred to as Hope Help and Healing: *Distribution of free educational brochures and resources to the community. *Presentations and educational opportunities offered to organizations schools workplaces and for professionals providing frontline services about life promotion suicide awareness stress and mental health. * Funding for suicide alertness and intervention training workshops such as START a 1.5-hour online training that increases knowledge and comfort about suicide. *4 professionally led suicide bereavement support groups. *An annual World Suicide Prevention Day event.
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)68¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 68¢ 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)32%
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)0.6 yr
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)$418K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)1%
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)37%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $424K | 68¢ | 33% | 0.5 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $389K | 72¢ | 28% | 0.5 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $279K | 74¢ | 27% | 1.3 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $493K | 62¢ | 38% | 0.7 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $429K | 69¢ | 31% | 0.9 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $418K | 68¢ | 32% | 0.6 yr |
| 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
11 directors reported · 11 of 11at arm's length
- Luft, AdrienneDirectorarm's length
- Strachan-Baylis, MelissaChairarm's length
- Voisin, BevDirectorarm's length
- Hofstede, EdTreasurerarm's length
- Strong, AllanDirectorarm's length
- Deming, JessicaDirectorarm's length
- Francis, SarahDirectorarm's length
- Moore, MeganVice Chairarm's length
- Coutts (Smith), NancyDirectorarm's length
- Mills, JamesDirectorarm's length
- Payette, KathyDirectorarm'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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