United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island
Publicly funded institution · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 119260537RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,209,664) as filed with the CRA.
United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island is a public foundation 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 March 31, 2021, it reported $5.5M in revenue and $5.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $160.
Compared with 45 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
United way central and northern vancouver island (uwcnvi) creates opportunities for a better life for every person in our communities by tackling pressing social issues. Uwcnvi focuses on three impact areas: all that kids can be from poverty to possiblity and healthy people strong communities. Research is conducted to determine pressing social issues in our communities partnerships are created to help find solutions to these issues and funding is provided through a granting process to agencies that provide programs which address these issues. In 2019-2020 uwcnvi funded programs supported…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $5.5M | $5.2M | $1.1M | $154K | $3.8M | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $708K | $221K | $1.2M | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $160 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$604K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
Dot Neary (president); Heather White (director); John Little (director); Bill Anglin (director); Bonnie Bergeron (director); Travis Bryson (treasurer); Jim Brown (secretary); Andrea Craddock (director); Jeannine Bousquet (director).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119260537RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.