Powell River and District United Way
Publicly funded institution · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 119097517RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($273,551) as filed with the CRA.
Powell River and District United Way is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, it reported $238K in revenue and $274K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations, 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 58 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $356K in 2020 to $238K in 2022. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Fundraising and donation campaign for financing other charitable organizations. Volunteer centre to match volunteer skills and interests to member agency's need. Orca bus: delivering early childhood learning to children and families in all areas of our community covid-19 emergency community support fund youth hygiene emergency supply healthy family expenses/funding helping hand fund: emergency financial assistance to low income individuals for items not covered by other community or government services
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $238K | $274K | $155K | $38K | $68K | $158K |
| 2021 | $227K | $235K | $172K | $38K | $13K | $194K |
| 2020 | $356K | $317K | $105K | $22K | $179K | $201K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$33K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Barbara Ralston (director); Cathy Fisher (secretary); Charlene Reinish (president); Barbara Sherriff (director); Ashley Hanson (treasurer).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Powell River and District United Way’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119097517RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.