United Way of the Alberta Capital Region
Public foundation · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 119260487RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($33,553,580) as filed with the CRA.
United Way of the Alberta Capital Region is a public foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $30.4M in revenue and $33.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 41% from government, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 43 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.5M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 82 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 769 qualified donees totalling $1.6M in 2024, the largest being $134K to United Way of Calgary and Area. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
United way of the alberta capital region invests resources in specific programs and community-building activities with an emphasis on addressing the needs of the most vulnerable in our society. We make an impact in the areas of strengthening mental wellbeing eliminating barriers to educational success and empowering financial security. By addressing these root causes of poverty we are working to endure no one in our community is left behind.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $30.4M | $33.6M | $12.6M | $3.5M | $15M | $14.9M |
| 2023 | $23.5M | $25.5M | $9.7M | $3.2M | $10.1M | $18M |
| 2022 | $26.1M | $26.5M | $9.8M | $2.9M | $11.5M | $20.1M |
| 2021 | $38.8M | $36.1M | $10.9M | $2.4M | $20.4M | $19M |
| 2020 | $27M | $27.6M | $9.2M | $2.3M | $14M | $18.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.6M to 769 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- United Way of Calgary and Area$134K
- Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation$73K
- United Way Fort McMurray and Wood Buffalo$56K
- Edmonton Gleaners Association$45K
- Alberta Cancer Foundation$43K
- Y.e.s.s.: Youth Emergency Shelter Society of Edmonton$42K
- Thompson Nicola Cariboo United Way$40K
- Healthpartners Canada$38K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$37K
- United Way of Central Alberta Society$36K
- Edmonton Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$29K
- The Boyle Street Service Society$27K
- Bissell Centre$25K
- Hope Mission$20K
- Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society$20K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$18K
- The Mustard Seed Street Church (edmonton)$17K
- Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$16K
- Parkinson Association of Alberta$16K
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$16K
- Edmonton Chinese Christian Church (protestant)$15K
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$12K
- Campus Food Bank Society$12K
- The Catholic Parish of Holy Family$12K
- Terwillegar Community Church$11K
Received $3.5M from 43 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1.2M
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$863K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$248K
- Imperial Oil Employees Charity Trust$210K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$165K
- Canadahelps Canadon$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$100K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$98K
- Finning Tractor & Equipment Company Limited Employees' Charitable Trust$98K
- RBC Foundation$90K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$42K
- J.hokanson Family Charitable Foundation$40K
- Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited$35K
- The AIMCo Foundation for Financial Education$30K
- BenefAction Foundation$26K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$21K
- Aqueduct Foundation$20K
- John Deere Foundation of Canada$20K
- Melton Foundation$20K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$18K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$15K
- Jackie Pennock Family Foundation$12K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$10K
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$10K
- Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation$7,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,99916 positions
- Permanent full-time positions82
- Total compensation, all staff$7.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Todd Gilchrist (chair); Catrin Owen (vice chair); Robert Yager (secretary/treasurer); Angelina Bakshi (director); Rob Bennett (director); Robert De Guzman (director); Glen Eastwood (director); Cori Longo (director); Scott Arndt (director); Shannon Peacocke (director); Chris Pullen (director); Jamie Pytel (director); Jocelyn Talvio (director); Hope Regimbald (director); Tony Scozzafava (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way of the Alberta Capital Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119260487RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.