134898782RR0001 — 0160
Registered — Waterloo, ON — Charitable Organization
Scores: Legitimacy 100/100 · Effectiveness 93/100
Financials: Revenue $12,510,233 · Expenditures $12,393,346
Parents for Community Living Kitchener-Waterloo is a 37-year-old developmental-services charity with 92.1% program spending, steady revenue growth, and one of the tightest staff-intensive cost structures in the sector — compensation at 85.8% of revenue reflects that essentially every operating dollar pays a direct-support professional. This is the archetype of a human-services charity where staff wages ARE the program.
Our Verdict: A long-established developmental-services charity with strong governance and high program efficiency; the critical compensation flag reflects that direct support professional wages are the core of the program rather than any cost management concern.