United Way of Thunder Bay
Public foundation · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 129820387RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,976,105) as filed with the CRA.
United Way of Thunder Bay is a public foundation based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 11% from government, 24% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $724K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 93 qualified donees totalling $983K in 2024, the largest being $113K to John Howard Society of Thunder Bay and District. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
United way provides funding to several charitable organizations that provide human care services in these areas of service: counselling poverty & hunger children and youth services volunteer support rehabilitation/recreation crisis & emergency services services for seniors public safety & crime prevention community education & health awareness 211-community information referral services neighbourhood capacity development support the charitable sector. We also provide support to the charitable sector by facilitating the collection and distribution of donor directed contributions to m…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2M | $371K | $356K | $1M | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $274K | $295K | $1.2M | $1M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $2M | $346K | $371K | $1M | $848K |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2M | $326K | $369K | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $3M | $2.8M | $224K | $281K | $1.9M | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $983K to 93 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- John Howard Society of Thunder Bay and District$113K
- Thunder Bay Counselling Centre$101K
- Our Kids Count of Thunder Bay Inc$99K
- Elizabeth Fry Society of North Western Ontario$68K
- Community Clothing Assistance$57K
- United Way of Canada$56K
- Lakehead Social Planning Council$56K
- Shkoday Abinojiiwak Obimiwedoon$55K
- Evergreen: A United Neighbourhood$51K
- The Northwestern Ontario Women's Centre$43K
- Regional Food Distribution Association of Northwestern Ontario$33K
- Thunder Bay Boys' and Girls' Club$31K
- St. Andrew Soup Kitchen Inc.$30K
- Northwind Family Ministries$27K
- Victim Services of Kenora & Area$21K
- Roots to Harvest$20K
- The Ontario Archaeological Society$20K
- Dayna Elizabeth Karle (DEK) Addiction Recovery Foundation$16K
- Gathering of Rivers for Community Care$15K
- New Directions Speakers School$10K
- Thunder Bay Drug Awareness Committee$5,051
- Positive Recreation Opportunities for Kids$5,011
- United for Literacy$5,000
- The Thunder Bay Public Library Board$5,000
- Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation$4,490
Received $724K from 18 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$186K
- Canadahelps Canadon$186K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$132K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$94K
- The Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology Emptechnology Employees Trust$34K
- Aqueduct Foundation$22K
- RBC Foundation$17K
- Lakehead University$16K
- Lakehead District School Board Employees Charity Trust Fund$12K
- BenefAction Foundation$12K
- Thunder Bay Community Foundation$5,200
- Bowater MILL Employees' Charity Fund of Bowater Canadian Forest Products Inc.$3,230
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$2,461
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,644
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$776
- The Sisters of ST Joseph of Sault Ste Marie$500
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$399
- United Way of Calgary and Area$326
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$556K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kandace Belanger (vice president); Daniel Campbell (treasurer); Aaron Leblanc (president); Ann Leblanc (director); Colleen Peters (director); Charla Robinson (secretary); George Saarinen (labour representative); Kayla Scully (director); Keri Gillespie (director); Kieran McMonagle (director); Nathanael Moulson (director); Noah Siren (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way of Thunder Bay’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129820387RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.