Brant United Way
Charitable organization · Brantford, Ontario · BN 106807290RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,576,465) as filed with the CRA.
Brant United Way is a charitable organization based in Brantford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 39% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $186K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 27 qualified donees totalling $1M in 2024, the largest being $172K to Big Brothers Big Sisters Grand Erie. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Brant united way is a grant-making charity that strategically invests donations to charitable organizations that provide direct services to address four priority social issues impacting brant and brantford residents. The four priority areas are: children and youth; crisis counselling and support; independance and well being; poverty and housing.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.6M | $183K | $285K | $1.1M | $901K |
| 2023 | $986K | $968K | $142K | $223K | $569K | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $161K | $269K | $607K | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $1.8M | $181K | $245K | $1.3M | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.6M | $250K | $228K | $1M | $761K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1M to 27 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Grand Erie$172K
- Adult Recreation Therapy Centre$110K
- Soar Community Services$95K
- Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation$71K
- Nova Vita Women's Shelter Incorporated$70K
- Victim Services of Brant$63K
- Community Resource & Employment Service (brantford)$53K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$50K
- Sexual Assault Centre of Brant$46K
- Brant Skills Centre$36K
- RPLACES Addictions Peer Support Society$35K
- Kids Can Fly Early Child Development and Parenting Support$32K
- Brantford and District Supervised Access Centre$27K
- Community Resource & Employment Service (brantford)$25K
- ST. Andrew's United Church$20K
- Strong Start Charitable Organization$20K
- ST. Andrew's United Church$18K
- Organized Kaos Life and Trade$18K
- ST Mark's Church$16K
- Freedom House International Church$13K
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$11K
- Lansdowne Children's Centre$10K
- Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation$10K
- Canadian Hearing Services$5,000
- Brant County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$5,000
Received $186K from 14 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$58K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$54K
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$15K
- RBC Foundation$10K
- Stephen Smith & Dorothy Woltz Foundation$10K
- United Way of Oxford$8,009
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$7,606
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,561
- The Roger and Edith Davis Foundation$5,000
- Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited$4,885
- The Hensen Foundation$4,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- Mowbray and Doris Sifton Family Foundation$1,444
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$46
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$253K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Adam Walker (officer); Arliss Skye (director); Ron Birkett (president); Mara Dickson (director); Shannon McMannis (director); Donal Williamson (director); Latoya Ruddock (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brant United Way’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106807290RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.