Ontario · Registered charity
KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE
KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE (Ontario) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$118,559 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$54,576). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 689 education in the arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 689 education in the arts nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Chief Cornerstone Foundationlocal
- Karis Disability Services Foundationlocal
- The Council for Business and the Arts in Canadaportfolio match
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.
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 10% · 2018 10% · 2019 12% · 2020 10% · 2021 34% · 2022 71% · 2023 20% · 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose C$3k → C$18k.
From the CRA filings of KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 45% · 2019 66% · 2020 86% · 2021 58% · 2022 54% · 2023 56% — 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.
Where its funders are
72% of KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE'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$40k 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- The Chief Cornerstone FoundationlocalON · funds 2 organizations near you
- Karis Disability Services FoundationlocalON · funds 2 organizations near you
- The Council for Business and the Arts in Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ontario Arts Foundation/Fondation Des Arts de L'Ontarioportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Winnipeg Arts Council Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Manitoba Arts Councilportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Good Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kingfisher Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rozsa Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- West Kootenay Regional Arts Councilportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Incite Foundation for the Artsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rotary Club of Kitchener-Westmount Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 29% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE
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
34% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE?
- KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE (Ontario) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$118,559 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$54,576). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 5 organizations giving C$118,559 in grants to KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE?
- CANADAHELPS CANADON is the largest funder on record, with C$54,576 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KITCHENER-WATERLOO LITTLE THEATRE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ontario.
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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 5 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 September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register