United Way of South Eastern Alberta
Public foundation · Medicine Hat, Alberta · BN 119278299RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($506,303) as filed with the CRA.
United Way of South Eastern Alberta is a public foundation based in Medicine Hat, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $525K in revenue and $506K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $58K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 29 qualified donees totalling $118K in 2024, the largest being $22K to Medicine Hat and District Food Bank (1992) Association. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $525K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Promotes programs and services delivered by local member agencies advertising extensively the activities mandates and objectives of each program. Reviews and assesses the delivery of each program and service of the agencies serving special needs in medicine hat and area. Conducts a campaign for funds within the district then allocates those funds raised to support the programs of each local member agency
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $525K | $506K | $165K | $79K | $118K | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $768K | $761K | $43K | $190K | $428K | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $501K | $574K | $42K | $166K | $264K | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $648K | $558K | $27K | $117K | $248K | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1M | $10K | $125K | $744K | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $118K to 29 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Medicine Hat and District Food Bank (1992) Association$22K
- Redcliff Action Society for Youth$19K
- Medicine Hat Family YMCA$13K
- Medicine Hat Family Service$13K
- Clients Ongoing Rehabilitation and Equality (core) Association$10K
- Medicine Hat Women's Shelter Society$8,926
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$8,240
- Girl Guides of Canada/Guides Du Canada$6,000
- Eastern Irrigation District Christian Ministerial Association$3,500
- Newell Christian Counselling Society$3,000
- Medicine Hat S P C a$2,530
- Halo Air Ambulance Society$1,620
- Caro-Canadians Reaching Out to the World's Children Foundation$1,006
- Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta$1,000
- Ronald McDonald House Alberta Society$950
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$760
- Canadian Cancer Society$660
- Prairie Gleaners Society$500
- Alberta Cancer Foundation$500
- Nehemiah Construction Ministries$400
- Canadian Mental Health Association Alberta South Region 19$390
- The Medicine Hat Musical Theatre$300
- Covenant Foundation$300
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$300
- The War Amputations of Canada$300
Received $58K from 9 charities:
- RBC Foundation$17K
- Community Foundation of Medicine Hat and Southeastern Alberta$7,050
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,020
- United Way of Greater Toronto$6,338
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,300
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$5,254
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$5,000
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$4,755
- United Way of Calgary and Area$135
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$173K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darren Lole (chair); Laurie Kallenberger (treasurer); Cori Topliffe (secretary); Aprill Hinzt (director); David Brown (director); Jessica Hamel (director); Aaron Sheard (vice chair); Kelly Bezruchak (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way of South Eastern Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119278299RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.