United Way of Greater Toronto
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119278216RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($166,030,856) as filed with the CRA.
United Way of Greater Toronto is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $172.4M in revenue and $166M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations, 17% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 204 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $32.1M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 254 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2,770 qualified donees totalling $126M in 2024, the largest being $5.3M to UHN Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
United way of greater toronto is a charity dedicated to creating opportunities for a better life for everyone. Working in partnership with others we mobilized people and resources to support a network of agencies in peel toronto and york regions to help people when they need it most. United way also addresses the root causes of poverty working to change conditions in the community for the better over the long term.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $172.4M | $166M | $15.7M | $12.7M | $128.9M | $119.5M |
| 2023 | $151.2M | $147M | $13.3M | $11.6M | $114.6M | $113.3M |
| 2022 | $158.2M | $157M | $14.6M | $10.6M | $122.7M | $109M |
| 2021 | $198.9M | $185.2M | $16.1M | $11.1M | $148.2M | $107.8M |
| 2020 | $155.6M | $164.9M | $9.1M | $19.9M | $131.7M | $94M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $126M to 2,770 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- UHN Foundation$5.3M
- Family Service Toronto$2.9M
- The Regional Municipality of York$2.9M
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$2.7M
- 360Kids Support Services$2.5M
- Loft Community Services$2M
- Blue Door Support Services$1.7M
- Tno - the Neighbourhood Organization$1.6M
- Jewish Family and Child Service of Greater Toronto$1.5M
- Woodgreen Community Services$1.4M
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$1.4M
- Inn From the Cold Inc.$1.3M
- The Neighbourhood Group Community Services$1.3M
- YWCA Toronto$1.3M
- The National Ballet of Canada/le Ballet National du Canada$1.2M
- United Way British Columbia$1.2M
- West Neighbourhood House$1.2M
- Vha Home Healthcare$1.2M
- Agincourt Community Services Association Inc.$1.1M
- Costi Immigrant Services$1.1M
- Labour Community Services of Metropolitan Toronto Inc.$1M
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$988K
- Community Living Toronto$945K
- Jane/finch Community and Family Centre$917K
- Canadian Hearing Services$910K
Received $32.1M from 204 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$11.1M
- The Slaight Family Foundation$4M
- RBC Foundation$2M
- The Barrett Family Foundation$1.5M
- BenefAction Foundation$951K
- Tripp/Smith Family Foundation$947K
- The E & S Charitable Foundation$835K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$794K
- Canadahelps Canadon$512K
- Canadahelps Canadon$512K
- Greenrock Charitable Trust$500K
- The Bennett Family Foundation$500K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$392K
- Sherman Foundation$300K
- The Blidner Family Foundation$290K
- Toronto Foundation$275K
- The Waugh Family Foundation$273K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$261K
- The Goldberg Family Foundation$250K
- Aqueduct Foundation$213K
- The Sixty Three Foundation$201K
- SGNC Foundation$200K
- Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Family Foundation$195K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$165K
- The Henry White Kinnear Foundation$150K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9995 positions
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions254
- Total compensation, all staff$24.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andria Babbington (ex-officio); Len Carby (trustee); Betsey Chung (trustee); Katherine Dudtschak (trustee); Lisa Gonsalves (chair board of trustees); Wayne Halenda (trustee); Mohammed Hashim (trustee); Mariam Hashim (vice chair community impact); Ziad Hindo (trustee); Nancy McConnell (vice chair strategic (…)); Bruce McCuaig (vice chair farc); Islay McGlynn (trustee); Patricia O'Campo (past chair board of trustees); Kurankye Sekyi-Otu (trustee); Ram Selvarajah (trustee); Christine Morris (trustee); Julia Moynihan (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way of Greater Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119278216RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.