United Way of Central Alberta Society
Public foundation · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 119278364RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,653,679) as filed with the CRA.
United Way of Central Alberta Society is a public foundation based in Red Deer, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations, 41% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $228K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
United way central alberta listens to central albertan voices to determine today's needs an partners with citizens community agencies and businesses to address social issues and invest donor dollars into vital programs that support people in need across central alberta. Activities include: - uwca executes an annual fundraising campaign to raise dollars to support community investments to ensure access to basic needs increase access to suitable mental health services and help create brighter futures with new possibilities. - uwca invests in program funding to non-profits deliveri…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $346K | $193K | $1.9M | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $282K | $270K | $458K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2M | $273K | $275K | $1.2M | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $3.9M | $3.6M | $263K | $265K | $2.7M | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $2.2M | $269K | $279K | $1.4M | $770K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $228K from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$45K
- Canadahelps Canadon$45K
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$36K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$30K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$19K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$19K
- RBC Foundation$17K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$7,281
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- United Way of Saskatoon and Area$2,379
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$81
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$521K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Purnima Lindsay (director); Doug Doran (president); Darren Lamothe (treasurer); Ron Sauve (director); Mark Hodson (director); Karen Busch (director); Ade Ijogun (director); Tristan Brisbois (director); Laura Starchuk (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way of Central Alberta Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119278364RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.