Northumberland United Way
Public foundation · Cobourg, Ontario · BN 107785339RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,178,461) as filed with the CRA.
Northumberland United Way is a public foundation based in Cobourg, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 36% from government. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $259K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $521K in 2024, the largest being $162K to The Help and Legal Centre of Northumberland. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Services for low income: employment preparation and training: financial counselling; food security; back pack; housing support art program; additional recovery services; housing assistance; school nutrition program. Families and youth: counseling; mentoring; crisis line; literacy; mental health services; crisis intervention of violence; information line children: online program to provide food to schools; musical instrument and voice lessons to children in underserved schools; after-school activities; food program for children learning at home; virtual child and family services; online musi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $309K | $182K | $552K | $587K |
| 2023 | $936K | $1.2M | $351K | $162K | $409K | $617K |
| 2022 | $870K | $942K | $256K | $228K | $382K | $866K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $224K | $213K | $832K | $857K |
| 2020 | $854K | $838K | $160K | $220K | $387K | $759K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $521K to 12 qualified donees:
- The Help and Legal Centre of Northumberland$162K
- Westben Arts Festival Theatre Inc$57K
- Green Wood Coalition$51K
- Community Health Centres of Northumberland$41K
- Transition House Coalition of Northumberland$41K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of South$40K
- Community Counselling and Resource Centre$36K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$36K
- Community CARE Northumberland$20K
- Rebound Child & Youth Services Inc.$17K
- Northumberland Child Development Centre$10K
- Habitat for Humanity of Northumberland$10K
Received $259K from 16 charities:
- BenefAction Foundation$60K
- Canadahelps Canadon$58K
- Canadahelps Canadon$58K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$32K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$22K
- Hickey Family Foundation$10K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$4,000
- RBC Foundation$4,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,000
- Canada Gives$2,800
- R&M Lang Foundation$1,000
- United Way of Durham Region$630
- Grace Christian Reformed Church of Cobourg$560
- Grace Christian Reformed Church of Cobourg$551
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$455
- ST. Peter's Church$25
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$283K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rick Riley (chair); Adam Giddings (vice chair); Tim Miller (treasurer); Christine Wilson (secretary); Elisabeth Baugh (director); Adam Bureau (director); Olinda Casimiro (director); Francis Duguay (director); Helen Orendt (director); Jessica Wessels (director); Joanna Kelly (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northumberland United Way’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107785339RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.