United Way Southern Vancouver Island
Public foundation · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 119278224RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,375,014) as filed with the CRA.
United Way Southern Vancouver Island is a public foundation based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $5.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 32% from other charities. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $816K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 79 qualified donees totalling $5.2M in 2024, the largest being $2.6M to Total Grant Distribution and Donor Directed Gifts. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 20 names.
In its own words
We are committed to meaningful engagement collaboration and collective action to find solutions to systemic issues that lead us to a better future and stronger local communities. Our mandate is local; everything we do is for the betterment of our region. We focus on collaboration shared expertise and solutions-based impact. Our three areas of action are supporting: seniors- from isolation to connection families - from poverty to possibility and mental health and/or addictions - building strong healthy communities. Uwsvi engages and mobilizes our diverse local communities to set priorities…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $5.4M | $245K | $1.3M | $2.6M | $5.2M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | $6.1M | $247K | $1.3M | $3.5M | $5.8M |
| 2022 | $5.2M | $5.4M | $632K | $1.1M | $3.3M | $6.5M |
| 2021 | $8M | $7.1M | $691K | $1.1M | $4.9M | $6.7M |
| 2020 | $4.5M | $5.6M | $637K | $125K | $3.2M | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5.2M to 79 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Total Grant Distribution and Donor Directed Gifts$2.6M
- Donor Directed Gifts$412K
- Beacon Community Association$250K
- Hulitan Family and Community Services Society$100K
- Boys and Girls Club Services of Greater Victoria$70K
- Salt Spring & Southern Gulf Islands Community$55K
- Victoria Native Friendship Centre$50K
- Sooke Family Resource Society$50K
- Victoria Community Food Hub Society$50K
- Songhees Nation$40K
- Soap for Hope Canada Society$36K
- Pacific Centre Family Services Association$36K
- Oak Bay Volunteer Services Society$35K
- Mental Health Recovery Partners Society$35K
- Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre Association$35K
- Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria$35K
- Broadmead CARE Society$35K
- Crisis Intervention and Public Information Society of Greater Victoria$31K
- Friends of Living and Learning Through Loss$31K
- Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society$30K
- Saanich Volunteer Services Society$30K
- Mayne Island Assisted Living Society$30K
- Island Community Mental Health Association$30K
- Family Services of Greater Victoria Society$30K
- Family Caregivers Society of British Columbia$30K
Received $816K from 26 charities:
- United Way British Columbia$110K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$101K
- Trust Under the Will of Robert Mallen$96K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$88K
- The Victoria Foundation$81K
- Canadahelps Canadon$56K
- Canadahelps Canadon$56K
- A & a King Family Foundation$40K
- RBC Foundation$33K
- Maitland Family Foundation$25K
- BenefAction Foundation$21K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$20K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$15K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$14K
- The G. Zimmermann Foundation$12K
- The Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier Foundation$10K
- The Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation$10K
- Auchinleck Family Foundation$10K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$6,504
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,799
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$2,112
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,400
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,048
- First West Foundation$745
- Burnside Gorge Community Association$311
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
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Arora (chair); Steve McKerrell (director); Samer Akari (director); Victoria Schmid (vice chair); Kathryn Macneil (director); Dadachanji Jamine (director); Kirk Mercer (director); Bruce Williams (director); Deborah George (director); Jon Hutchinson (director); Molly Harrington (director); Alana Gallagher (treasurer); David Zussman (director); Tony Kikak (director); Darlene Rotchford (director); Kevin Whiteside (director); Kevin Hall (director); Kim Kerrone (director); Jamie Hall (director); Florence Dick (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Way Southern Vancouver Island’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119278224RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.