Ontario · Registered charity
FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION
FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION (Ontario) receives grants from 39 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$7,734,205 to it, the largest being THE LYLE SHANTZ HALLMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (C$3,966,644). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- C$1.6M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- C$7.7M
- Net assets
- C$0
What Family & Children's Services of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Foundation does
Ongoing programs
Foster and promote public understanding and knowledge of the the children's aid society of the regional municipality of waterloo by publication of information and other lawful activities for the purpose of generally advancing the primary objectives of the children's aid society - which is to work with the community to protect children strengthen and support families and children and develop a caring environment for children. Received maintained and granted funds to the children's aid society of the regional municipality of waterloo to support the meet the special charitable need of the children and families within waterloo region
As stated on its FY2024 T3010.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from C$1.8M to C$2.6M (+43%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
88% of FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 20 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose C$644k → C$908k.
From the CRA filings of FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 51% · 2019 59% · 2020 48% · 2021 43% · 2022 47% · 2023 55% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
57% of FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
98% of FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Ontario funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$542k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 region is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 1,601 foundations nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,601 foundations nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ontario
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Questions and answers
- Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION?
- FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION (Ontario) receives grants from 39 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$7,734,205 to it, the largest being THE LYLE SHANTZ HALLMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (C$3,966,644). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 39 organizations giving C$7,734,205 in grants to FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION?
- THE LYLE SHANTZ HALLMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$3,966,644 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ontario.
These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 39 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register