United Way of Durham Region
Charitable organization · Newcastle, Ontario · BN 119278323RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,118,350) as filed with the CRA.
United Way of Durham Region is a charitable organization based in Newcastle, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations, 8% from government, 26% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $896K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 69 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $180K to John Howard Society of Durham Region. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Conducting a fundraising campaign monitoring agencies for which funds are raised and allocation of funds to those agencies.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $2.1M | $165K | $350K | $1.1M | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $2.2M | $152K | $345K | $1.2M | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $2M | $2.2M | $218K | $312K | $1.3M | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $4.7M | $2.6M | $377K | $3.6M | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2.5M | $240K | $475K | $1.4M | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 69 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- John Howard Society of Durham Region$180K
- Simcoe Hall Settlement House$130K
- The Oshawa Young Women's Christian Association$125K
- BGC Durham$115K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of South$100K
- Cornerstone Community Association Durham Inc.$90K
- Community CARE Durham$58K
- Findhelp Information Services$44K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$35K
- Community Living Durham North$30K
- Girls Incorporated of Durham$28K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$25K
- Big Brothers/ Big Sisters Association of North Durham Region$25K
- Literacy Council of Durham Region$24K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clarington$21K
- Catholic Family Services of Durham$20K
- Footprints$10K
- Community Development Council Durham$10K
- Clarington Youth Centre (john Howards Society)$10K
- Precious Minds Support Services$10K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$6,488
- Navy League (oshawa)$4,000
- Canadian Mental Health Association Durham Branch$1,944
- Durham Outlook for the Needy$1,639
- The Charles H.best Diabetes Centre$1,631
Received $896K from 16 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$393K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$216K
- Canadahelps Canadon$104K
- Canadahelps Canadon$104K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$23K
- RBC Foundation$21K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$19K
- Nathan and Lily Silver Family Foundation$8,000
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$3,041
- City of Pickering Employees Charity Trust$2,178
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$1,000
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$784
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$722
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$366
- United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington$99
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$504K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dianne Chappell (secretary/treasurer); Jane Gilbert (2nd vice chair); Jay Kilgannon (past chair); Line Millette (director); Pamela Noonan (chair); Colin O'Regan (director); Joseph Sarnovsky (vice chair); Lawrence Arcand (director); Emilio Trotta (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way of Durham Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119278323RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.