United Way of Sarnia-Lambton
Public foundation · Sarnia, Ontario · BN 119278380RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,796,485) as filed with the CRA.
United Way of Sarnia-Lambton is a public foundation based in Sarnia, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from donations. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $438K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 84 qualified donees totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $143K to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sarnia-Lambton. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2.7M in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Big brothers big sisters bgc sarnia-lambton canadian red cross family counselling center habitat for humanity the inn of the good shepherd john howard society lambton elderly outreach new beginnings abi & stroke recovery association north lambton community health centre rebound salvation army von - county of lambton student nutrition walpole island first nation warming shelter ymca of southwestern ontario river city vineyard children's aid society
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.2M | $851K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.1M | — | — | $1.5M | $750K |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.3M | $916K |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.1M | — | — | $1.5M | $3.9M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $178K | $208K | $2M | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 84 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sarnia-Lambton$143K
- YMCA$124K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$119K
- The Social Service Bureau of Sarnia$114K
- The 404 Town House Sarnia Inc.$104K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$74K
- Lambton Elderly Outreach$72K
- John Howard Society Sarnia Lambton$70K
- North Lambton Community Health Centre$60K
- Walpole Island First Nation$55K
- A Program for Youth$50K
- River City Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Sarnia$41K
- The Inn of the Good Shepherd (sarnia ) Inc$31K
- Noelle's Gift to Children$22K
- New Beginnings ABI and Stroke Recovery Association$20K
- Von - School Food Nutrition$17K
- Habitat for Humanity - Sarnia/lambton$15K
- Lambton County Developmental Services Foundation$10K
- First Christian Reformed Church Sarnia$7,520
- Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada$5,000
- First Christian Reform Church$5,000
- Temple Baptist Church Sarnia$4,502
- Covenant House Toronto$3,000
- Sarnia & District Humane Society$2,750
- ST. Joseph's Hospice Resource Centre of Sarnia Lambton$2,195
Received $438K from 17 charities:
- Sarnia-Lambton Future Fund Foundation$105K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$103K
- Imperial Oil Employees Charity Trust$101K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$62K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- RBC Foundation$5,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$3,012
- Sarnia Community Foundation$2,384
- Abundance Canada$2,000
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$559
- Goodwill Industries Ontario Great Lakes$461
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$207
- Huron Grove Foundation$200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$4
- United Way / Centraide Windsor-Essex County—
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$347K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pamela Bodkin (non voting); Dave Brown (non voting).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way of Sarnia-Lambton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119278380RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.