United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes
Public foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 119278232RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,261,924) as filed with the CRA.
United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes is a public foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $10.3M in revenue and $10.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations, 40% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 42 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.4M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 496 qualified donees totalling $2.5M in 2024, the largest being $127K to The John Howard Society of Nova Scotia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $10.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
United Way of Halifax Region invests in community development and initiatives to build our extraordinary community as a leader and facilitator. We create relationship establish networks build on individual strengths and work to ensure that our community has the capacity to address issues that affect quality of life of our clients.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.3M | $10.3M | $1.9M | $809K | $6.8M | $214K |
| 2023 | $5.2M | $5.3M | $1.4M | $787K | $2.4M | $89K |
| 2022 | $4.9M | $4.9M | $989K | $648K | $2.5M | $297K |
| 2021 | $9.4M | $8.7M | $871K | $231K | $6.5M | $315K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $677K | $278K | $69K | $163K | -$509K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.5M to 496 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The John Howard Society of Nova Scotia$127K
- ST Nicholas Anglican Church$80K
- Knox United Church$71K
- Saint Thomas Baptist Church$66K
- Shelburne County Youth Health & Support Association$66K
- Souls Harbour Rescue Mission$62K
- North End Parent Centre Association$60K
- ST Luke's United Church$50K
- Black Opportunity Fund$50K
- Emmanuel Baptist Church$35K
- Saint Leonard's Society of Nova Scotia$35K
- Shelburne Loyalist Food Bank$34K
- Feed Nova Scotia Society$34K
- Mi'Kmaw Native Friendship Society$33K
- Chebucto Community Development Association$33K
- Community CARE Network Society$33K
- The YMCA of Greater Halifax/dartmouth$31K
- Halifax Refugee Clinic Association$31K
- North-End Community Health Association$31K
- Nourish Nova Scotia Society$31K
- Hope Blooms Youth Social Entrepreneurial Ventures Inc.$31K
- Portal Youth Outreach Association$30K
- Metro Non-Profit Housing Association$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$30K
- Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia$30K
Received $1.4M from 42 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$325K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$292K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$150K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$138K
- RBC Foundation$60K
- The Christofor Foundation Inc.$50K
- The Medavie Foundation Inc.$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$47K
- Canadahelps Canadon$47K
- United Way of Canada$40K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$22K
- The Greater Saint John Community Foundation la Fondation Communautaire de Grand Saint John$15K
- Open Sky$15K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$15K
- McKEAN FAMILY FOUNDATION$13K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$10K
- United Way Serving Saint John Kings and Charlotte Inc.$8,023
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- Max Bell Foundation$5,000
- The Bert and Shari Frizzell Family Foundation$5,000
- Black Family Foundation$5,000
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$4,719
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$4,280
- Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited$3,964
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
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kenny Hilaire (chair); Victoria Jollimore (community impact chair); Sara Napier (ceo); Dale Noseworthy (audit finance & risk chair); Kathryn Tector; Laura Godsoe; John McCulloch; Paul Wozney; Quentrel Provo; Ossama Nasrallah; Krista Jangaard; Suzanne Fougere.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119278232RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.