Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor
Public foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 135323756RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,659,787) as filed with the CRA.
Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor is a public foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.2M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $43K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 252 qualified donees totalling $1.8M in 2024, the largest being $100K to Shelter Movers. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Provide financial assistance to registered charities. Provide international development and relief assistance. Provide donations to various food banks and women's shelters across canada and to refugee groups and aboriginal organizations. Provide financial assistance to non governmental organizations in canada and around the world.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $3.7M | $15K | — | $3.1M | $7.7M |
| 2023 | $3.5M | $3.1M | $278K | — | $2.1M | $7.8M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $3M | $371K | — | $2.1M | $7.3M |
| 2021 | $3.4M | $2.4M | $801K | — | $1.4M | $7.8M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $2.1M | $801K | — | $781K | $7.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.8M to 252 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Shelter Movers$100K
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$100K
- Save the Children Canada/aide À l'Enfance Canada$80K
- United Nations Association in Canada$50K
- Toronto Refugee Community Non-Profit Homes and Services$50K
- Oxfam Canada$50K
- Islamic Relief - Ir Canada$50K
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$50K
- Code$50K
- Amnesty International Canadian Section (english Speaking)$50K
- Indigenous Friends Association$40K
- Health Partners International of Canada$40K
- Geneva Centre for Autism$30K
- Beautiful World Canada Foundation$30K
- Somali Hope Academy Foundation$25K
- Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc.$25K
- Inter Pares$25K
- Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief$25K
- Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness$20K
- World Accord$20K
- Level. Changing Lives Through Law$20K
- L'Arche Canada Foundation$20K
- Right to Learn Afghanistan$20K
- Mission Communautaire de Montréal / Montreal City Mission$15K
- Canary Research Institute for Mining Environment and Health$15K
Received $43K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$426K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Poirier Len (financial-secretary); Lana Payne (president); Cloutier Daniel (quebec director); Sidhu Navjeet (executive director); Jean Augustine (board member); Samia Hashi (ontario director); Jennifer Murray (atlantic director); Ken Anderson (board member); Gavin McGarrigle (western director); Sophie Albert (board member); Shinade Allder (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135323756RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.