United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario
Public foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 108160250RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($27,960,279) as filed with the CRA.
United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario is a public foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $28.6M in revenue and $28M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from donations. In 2024, 36 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.9M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 71 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4,331 qualified donees totalling $20.5M in 2024, the largest being $2.9M to Healthpartners Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
School Readiness Critical Hours Agency Capacity Building Crisis Supports Successful Aging Strong Neighbourhoods Mental Health and Addictions Supports Employments for Newcomers Employment for People with Disabilities Youth Homelessness Beginnings and Transitions
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $28.6M | $28M | $2.5M | $1.1M | $20.5M | $16.1M |
| 2023 | $23.3M | $24.8M | $3.1M | $1.1M | $15.8M | $15.4M |
| 2022 | $24.9M | $26M | $3.3M | $1.5M | $17.4M | $16.9M |
| 2021 | $34.1M | $29.7M | $3.5M | $1.8M | $21.3M | $17.8M |
| 2020 | $23.7M | $22.4M | $2.4M | $1.3M | $15.3M | $12.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $20.5M to 4,331 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Healthpartners Canada$2.9M
- The Ottawa Food Bank/la Banque d'Alimentation d'Ottawa$467K
- Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa$414K
- The Good Companions$292K
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation$286K
- Family Services a la Famille Ottawa$283K
- Psychiatric Survivors of Ottawa (PSO)$255K
- United Way British Columbia$250K
- Jewish Family Services of Ottawa$242K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Ottawa / Grandes Freres Grands Soeurs d'Ottawa$242K
- Canadian Mothercraft of Ottawa-Carleton$235K
- Operation Come Home$230K
- Ottawa Humane Society$219K
- Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre$203K
- The Rideau-Rockcliffe Community Resource Centre$198K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$192K
- John Howard Society of Ottawa$166K
- Nepean Community Support Services$161K
- Indigenous Women's Support Centre$159K
- Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre/centre de Traitement pour Jeunes Dave Smith$156K
- Calvin United Church$151K
- Ontario 211 Services$143K
- Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa/bureau des Services a la Jeunesse d'Ottawa$142K
- Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health Inc$141K
- South-East Ottawa Community Services$141K
Received $1.9M from 36 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$645K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$404K
- The Stephen and Jocelyne Greenberg Family Foundation$126K
- The Clematis Foundation$91K
- Canadahelps Canadon$88K
- Canadahelps Canadon$88K
- RBC Foundation$87K
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation$69K
- Turnbull Family Community Building Foundation$68K
- Canada Gives$60K
- BenefAction Foundation$58K
- OCH Foundation for Healthy Communities/Fondation de Lco Pourdes communautés sainess$48K
- The Matt Foundation$40K
- Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited$21K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$18K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,482
- United Way Society Of The Yukon$2,871
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$2,000
- Coro Vivo Ottawa Inc.$2,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,935
- Ottawa-Carleton District School Board$1,365
- United Way Serving Saint John Kings and Charlotte Inc.$1,300
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$1,032
- The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation$762
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions71
- Total compensation, all staff$5.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jamie Bramburger (director); George Brown (director (past board chair)); Nicki Collins (director); Thomas Donnelly (board chair); Tracy Lavallee (director); Jennifer Madigan (director); Sean McKenny (treasurer); Fahd Alhattab (director); Oliver Jacob (director); William Majic (director); Jessica Barrow (director); Erin Benjamin (director); Pino Buffone (director); Vera Etches (director); Nathalie Ladouceur (director); Wilson Lo (director); Eric Stubbs (director); Glenn Sheen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108160250RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.