United Way of Chatham-Kent
Public foundation · Chatham, Ontario · BN 119278166RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,281,015) as filed with the CRA.
United Way of Chatham-Kent is a public foundation based in Chatham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $235K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $37K in 2024, the largest being $8,000 to Restorative Justice Chatham-Kent. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $270K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The organization's principal purpose is to develop teamwork among the social philanthropic and charitable agencies servicing the community and their constituencies in the interest of the financial suppott of such agencies and the effective planning and execution of th esocial service programs of the works to maximize volunteer financial program and agency resources to respond to the increasingly complex issues and needs that exist and are emerging in chatham-kent.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $671K | — | $442K | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.5M | $959K | — | $304K | $950K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $862K | $234K | $195K | $599K |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.4M | $2.2M | $106 | $81K | $468K |
| 2020 | $270K | $279K | $259K | $2,603 | — | $958K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $37K to 5 qualified donees:
Received $235K from 21 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$124K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$63K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$17K
- The Chatham Kent Community Foundation$11K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,150
- Ursuline Religious of the Diocese of London in Ontario$5,000
- Goodwill Industries Ontario Great Lakes$3,103
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$2,000
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$1,507
- Christian Stewardship Services$1,294
- Calvin Christian School Society Wallaceburg$900
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$500
- ST. Andrew's United Church$390
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$335
- Blenheim Word of Life Church$200
- Holy Trinity Church$200
- United Way Niagara$127
- Church of the Ascension$100
- Chatham Kent Hospice Inc.$75
- The Chatham Kent Community Foundation$0
- The Chatham Kent Community Foundation$0
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$562K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris Appleton (vice president); Wes Thomspon (president); Shawna-Lee Rivard (director); Greg Hetherington (director); Jordynne Lindsay (director); Megan Siddall (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way of Chatham-Kent’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119278166RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.