United Way Niagara
Public foundation · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 130532443RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,089,294) as filed with the CRA.
United Way Niagara is a public foundation based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $9.4M in revenue and $8.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations, 19% from government, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 33 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $955K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 294 qualified donees totalling $2.9M in 2024, the largest being $292K to First Baptist Church. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
We raise money from the communities served through corporate employee and individual donations. The funds are distributed to other registered charities through an allocation process or as designated by the donors. We also carry out programs such as the backpacks for kids program welcome home kits and various after-school programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.4M | $8.1M | $3.3M | $899K | $2.8M | $7.7M |
| 2023 | $8.1M | $6.5M | $2.2M | $585K | $2.9M | $5.4M |
| 2022 | $6.2M | $5.4M | $1.2M | $778K | $2.9M | $6.1M |
| 2021 | $8.2M | $6.6M | $2.6M | $609K | $2.9M | $5.6M |
| 2020 | $7.4M | $6.5M | $899K | $866K | $4.2M | $4.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.9M to 294 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- First Baptist Church$292K
- Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times$250K
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Canada Société Canadienne de la Sclérose Latérale Amyotrophique$192K
- Alzheimer Society of Niagara Region$139K
- Crohn's and Colitis Canada / Crohn et Colite Canada$136K
- Bethesda Community Services Inc.$134K
- Autism Society Ontario$118K
- Brock University$99K
- Community Addiction Services of Niagara$95K
- Community Living Welland Pelham$82K
- Addictions and Mental Health Ontario$77K
- Air Cadet League of Canada Ontario Provincial Committee$75K
- Central Community Church St. Catharines Inc.$68K
- Animal Assistance Society of the Niagara Region$64K
- The David Gregory MacKinnon Memorial Foundation$64K
- Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada$60K
- Essential Aid and Family Services of Ontario Inc.$60K
- Epilepsy Niagara$58K
- Bethany Community Church of ST. Catharines$48K
- Community Living ST. Catharines$45K
- The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada$40K
- De Dwa Da Dehs Nyes Aboriginal Health Centre$37K
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$37K
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$35K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$33K
Received $955K from 33 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$171K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$148K
- Canadahelps Canadon$138K
- Canadahelps Canadon$138K
- Community Charitable Foundation$90K
- BenefAction Foundation$88K
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$35K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- Mazon Canada$21K
- John Deere Foundation of Canada$20K
- Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited$17K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$16K
- Community Charitable Foundation$10K
- Abundance Canada$7,500
- The Ontario Paper Thorold Foundation$5,000
- The Charles & Florence Martin Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,896
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$1,285
- Canadian Federation of University Women - ST. Catharines Charitable Fund$1,100
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$1,000
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$998
- Link Charity Canada Inc$775
- Sadikali Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shirley Cordiner (director); Jeffrey Klassen (chair); Pam Lilley (vice-chair); Patrick Maloney (director); Roderick McDowell (director); April Cotton (director); Sean Simpson (director); Akram Askoul (director); Jason Burgess (treasurer); Sara Holmes (director); Kailash Manohar (director); Lou Ann Binning (labour liason officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way Niagara’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130532443RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.