United Way of Northwest Territories
Public foundation · Yellowknife, Northwest Territories · BN 890068547RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,180,797) as filed with the CRA.
United Way of Northwest Territories is a public foundation based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 30% from government, 33% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.4M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 100 qualified donees totalling $2.6M in 2024, the largest being $208K to Food First Foundation NWT. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $280K in 2020 to $3.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The organization raises money and allocates the funds to local community charities and non-profits to support the poor disadvantaged youth and other organizations throughout the nwt to build stronger communities. Funds are raised through workplace payroll programs individual donations and fundraising activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $2,584 | $87K | $3M | $269K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.1M | $977K | $26K | $962K | $165K |
| 2022 | $641K | $640K | $19K | $13K | $569K | $175K |
| 2021 | $930K | $830K | $788K | $3,990 | $783K | $174K |
| 2020 | $280K | $262K | $4,794 | $8,012 | $222K | $73K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.6M to 100 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Food First Foundation NWT$208K
- Yellowknife Women's Society$159K
- Northern Mosaic Network$156K
- Tlicho Government$151K
- Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre$145K
- West Point First Nation$145K
- Yellowknives Dene First Nation$113K
- Town of Hay River$86K
- Family Support Centre/safe Home Network$83K
- Katl'oddeeche First Nation$75K
- Home Base Yellowknife$66K
- Veterinarians Without Borders/veterinaires Sans Frontieres$60K
- Foster Family Coalition of the Northwest Territories$60K
- Lutsel K E Dene First Nation$54K
- ST. Albert City of$53K
- Deninu Kue First Nation$49K
- Makeway Charitable Society$40K
- Community Government of Behchoko$37K
- YWCA NWT$36K
- Lets Help Society of Alberta$34K
- Avens - A Community for Seniors$32K
- Grand Prairie City of$30K
- Hamlet of Enterprise$28K
- Liidlii Kue First Nation$27K
- Salvation Army Yk Corp$27K
Received $1.4M from 14 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$670K
- Canadahelps Canadon$670K
- Otto and Marie Pick Foundation$30K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$11K
- RBC Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,140
- The Tenaquip Foundation$2,500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,119
- First Narayever Congregation$2,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$646
- United Way Niagara$500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- United Way of Sarnia-Lambton$375
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$3
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tracy St.dennis (past chair); David Connelly (director); Paul Gillard (chair); Matthew Spence (director); Simon Whitehouse (secretary); Martin Goldney (director); Margaret Lovely (director); Ben Linaker (director); Yanick D'Algle (director); Jhillian Adams (vice chair); Ebere Duru (treasurer); Sandra Lester (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way of Northwest Territories’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890068547RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.