United Way Alberta Northwest Society
Public foundation · Grande Prairie, Alberta · BN 131791790RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($883,643) as filed with the CRA.
United Way Alberta Northwest Society is a public foundation based in Grande Prairie, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $988K in revenue and $884K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $97K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $50K in 2024, the largest being $16K to The John Howard Society of Grande Prairie. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $485K in 2020 to $988K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $988K | $884K | $173K | $107K | $50K | $219K |
| 2023 | $377K | $466K | $16K | $160K | $144K | $114K |
| 2022 | $425K | $478K | — | — | $125K | $193K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $139K | $134K | $983K | $246K |
| 2020 | $485K | $571K | $130K | $135K | $235K | $248K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $50K to 11 qualified donees:
- The John Howard Society of Grande Prairie$16K
- GP Council on Aging-Meals on Wheels$8,000
- North Peace Youth Support Association-Fairview$4,000
- Centre for Creative Arts Society of Grande Prairie$4,000
- Grande Prairie and Area Safe Communities Committee$3,200
- Municipal District of Spirit River #133$3,000
- Valleyview Victims Assistance$3,000
- Town of Spirit River Library Board$2,800
- Wapiti Community Support Association$2,000
- Fort Vermillion Support Services$2,000
- Smoky River FCSS$2,000
Received $97K from 11 charities:
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$21K
- RBC Foundation$16K
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$13K
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$11K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,638
- United Way of Calgary and Area$7,075
- United Way of Greater Toronto$4,000
- Muslim Association of Canada$510
- United Way of Canada$500
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$49
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$142K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Craig Ruether (director); Tamara Wuttunee-Campbell (director); Dylan Bressey (director); Ray Seabrooke (director); Tyler Schmidt (chair); Les Riewe (vice chair); Anna Obrochta (director); Darin Konelsky (director); Jan Nutting (director); Spencer Merlo (director); Ashley Rowney (director); Danielle Commandeur (director); Jennifer Swan (director); Cristy Stevenson (director); Amber McGuinness (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way Alberta Northwest Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131791790RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.