United Way Simcoe Muskoka
Public foundation · Midhurst, Ontario · BN 118799485RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,120,759) as filed with the CRA.
United Way Simcoe Muskoka is a public foundation based in Midhurst, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.5M in revenue and $9.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $453K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 76 qualified donees totalling $5.2M in 2024, the largest being $258K to Community Connection. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $8.4M in 2020 to $3.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
United way simcoe muskoka ('united way') is a non-profit organization incorporated without share capital under the laws of ontario. Its principal activities include the fund raising for and allocation to non-profit organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.5M | $9.1M | $483K | $549K | $5.8M | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $3.8M | $8.6M | $328K | $394K | $5.7M | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $8.7M | $8.1M | $653K | $508K | $3.1M | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $14.2M | $12.9M | $510K | $605K | $384K | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $8.4M | $8.2M | $511K | $478K | $547K | $667K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5.2M to 76 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Community Connection$258K
- Mississauga First Nations$250K
- Community YWCA of Muskoka$222K
- Perth County Transition Home for Women Inc$200K
- Elizabeth Fry Society of Simcoe County$187K
- Oxford County Community Health Centre$139K
- Redwood Park Communities Inc.$137K
- My Friend's House Collingwood Crisis Centre$123K
- Artemis Huron$122K
- John Howard Society of Kingston & District$116K
- Cornerstone Landing Youth Services$112K
- Fresh Start Support Services$107K
- Zack's Crib Crisis Centre$102K
- John Howard Society Kawartha Lakes$102K
- Young Women's Christian Association of ST Thomas$100K
- The Child Advocacy Centre of Simcoe/Muskoka$100K
- Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre Inc$100K
- Georgian Bay Food Network$100K
- Seasons Centre$100K
- Breaking Down Barriers an Independent Living Centre Inc.$98K
- ST. John's Presbyterian Church$98K
- Collier Street United Church$98K
- Environment Network$98K
- Youth Opportunities Unlimited$93K
- Mind-Aid$93K
Received $453K from 16 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$242K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$83K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$66K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$19K
- RBC Foundation$12K
- Honda Canada Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,039
- The Village at Blue Mountain Foundation$3,500
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$2,500
- The Albarrie Foundation$2,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,000
- United Way of Canada$1,000
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$950
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$534
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- United Way of Thunder Bay$80
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,99926 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Shelley (cepo and board secretary); David Mayers (director finance/audit); Deborah Burrows (director governance); Valerie March (director finance/audit); Shannon Scott (vice-chair governance); David White (board chair); Nilusha Premasinghe (director governance); Amy Gaukel (director governance); Sonia Draper (director community inv.); Brandon Weiss (director finance audit); Robert Armstrong (treasurer financ/audit); Christine Rice (director community inv.); Priynka Patil (director community inv.); Sue Smythe (director community inv.).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way Simcoe Muskoka’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118799485RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.