United Way of Saskatoon and Area
Public foundation · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 119276509RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,244,347) as filed with the CRA.
United Way of Saskatoon and Area is a public foundation based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $5.5M in revenue and $6.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 33% from government, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $892K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 326 qualified donees totalling $3.7M in 2024, the largest being $462K to Saskatoon Crisis Intervention. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
United Way mission is to improve lives and build community by engaging individuals and mobilizing collective action. United Way invests resources into programs services and community building activities that have an emphasis on addressing the needs of the most vulnerable people in our community. We align all of our work around 3 areas which are: 1) Building Strong Communities 2) Moving People from Poverty to Possibility and 3) Helping kids be all they can be
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.5M | $6.2M | $845K | $665K | $4.2M | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $4.7M | $4.7M | $1.2M | $819K | $2.1M | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $4.1M | $4M | $585K | $630K | $2.1M | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $6.3M | $5.5M | $395K | $532K | $3.9M | $3M |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $3.5M | $702K | $647K | $1.4M | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.7M to 326 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Saskatoon Crisis Intervention$462K
- Kikinahk Friendship Centre$115K
- YWCA Saskatoon Inc.$100K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Saskatoon and Area Inc.$96K
- Global Gathering Place Inc.$84K
- Truly Alive Youth and Family Foundation Inc$80K
- The People Bridge Advocacy Inc.$80K
- Crocus CO-Operative$78K
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Saskatoon$78K
- Sexual Health Centre Saskatoon Inc.$75K
- Canadian Mental Health Association - Saskatoon Branch Inc.$75K
- OUTSaskatoon Inc.$72K
- Montreal Lake Cree Nation$70K
- Ile-A-La Crosse Friendship Centre Incorporated$70K
- Saskatoon Friendship Inn$68K
- Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon Inner City Inc.$66K
- Saskatoon Indian-Metis Friendship Centre$66K
- Prairie Harm Reduction Incorporated$66K
- Navera Community Connections Inc.$66K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Saskatoon and Area Inc.$65K
- Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Programming Inc.$60K
- Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon Inner City Inc.$60K
- Foundations Learning and Skills Saskatchewan Inc.$54K
- Saskatoon Zoo Society Inc.$50K
- Saskatoon Food Bank Incorporated$50K
Received $892K from 28 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$345K
- Lily Street Foundation$250K
- Indigenous Reconciliation Fund$50K
- RBC Foundation$45K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$43K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$33K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$18K
- University of Saskatchewan (employees Charitable Donations Plan)$16K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$12K
- The Art Gallery of Saskatchewan Inc.$12K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$10K
- Sasktel Telcare Employees Charity Trust$10K
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$8,629
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$8,000
- Arnason Bourassa Family Foundation Inc$6,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,104
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$1,750
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,481
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,366
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$962
- University of Saskatchewan$400
- GI Canada$364
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$345
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darla Deguire (2023-2024 chair); Julia Ewing (member); Trina Kaal (member); Jason Prokopchuk (member); Shauna Wilkinson (member); Kurt Wintermute (2023-2024 vice-chair); Lucia Figueiredo (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way of Saskatoon and Area’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119276509RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.