United Way of Colchester County
Charitable organization · Truro, Nova Scotia · BN 119278489RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($525,427) as filed with the CRA.
United Way of Colchester County is a charitable organization based in Truro, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $437K in revenue and $525K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $57K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers.
It reported gifts to 62 qualified donees totalling $230K in 2024, the largest being $21K to Colchester East Hants Branch Canadian Mental Health Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $244K in 2020 to $437K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Bikes for kids-collect gently-used bicycles from community donors; bikes are refurbished by volunteers; distributed for children in need back to school-through donations from the business community and individuals new back packs with starter kits of school supplies are distributed throughout the county funding streams: various grants are distributed to qualifying agencies for programming and service support; agencies must demonstrate fiscal responsibility and services matched to united way's mandate of reducing poverty helping kids be all they can be and building healthy communities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $437K | $525K | $167K | $120K | $239K | $153K |
| 2023 | $421K | $581K | $147K | $78K | $355K | $241K |
| 2022 | $459K | $471K | $130K | $64K | $277K | $400K |
| 2021 | $768K | $745K | $77K | $60K | $140K | $502K |
| 2020 | $244K | $220K | — | $55K | $75K | $326K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $230K to 62 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Colchester East Hants Branch Canadian Mental Health Association$21K
- Maggie's Place - a Resource Centre for Families Association$20K
- Maggie's Place - a Resource Centre for Families Association$18K
- Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia$18K
- Boys' and Girls' Club of Truro and Colchester$15K
- Colchester Adult Learning Association$15K
- Colchester East Hants Transition House Association$12K
- Atlantic Christian Training Centre$11K
- Sexual Health Centre for Cumberland County Association$11K
- After The School Bell Food Program Organization$11K
- Amherst Preschool$10K
- PAC Autism Nova Scotia Society$7,800
- PAC Autism Nova Scotia Society$7,800
- Colchester Community Support Society$6,167
- Truro Housing Outreach Society$5,000
- CCTS - Cumberland County Transportation Services Society$5,000
- Shelter Movers$4,837
- MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning Society$4,812
- Portapique Community Centre$4,447
- Northern Healthy Connections$4,000
- Bridges Counselling Centre$3,000
- Nova Scotia Community College$2,000
- The Lotus Centre; a Resource for Women Society$1,000
- I W K Health Centre Charitable Foundation$990
- TREY Trauma Recovery for Exploited Youth Society$967
Received $57K from 10 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$13K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$12K
- RBC Foundation$10K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$6,699
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$4,900
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$2,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,337
- Compass Minerals Canada Corp. Hourly Paid Employees Charity Trust$2,167
- The Sobey Foundation$1,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$186K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sarah Flemming (executive director); Raj Makkar (chair); Theresa Yuill (vice chair); Christopher Hamilton (treasurer); Jenna Tingley Forsyth (secretary); Ashley Childs (director); Carley Gloade (director); Jennifer Hamilton Upham (director); Glen Illsley (director); Andrea Jackson (director); Ryan Sommers (director); Brea Hayden (youth representative); Becca Cook (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way of Colchester County’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119278489RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.