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UNITED WAY GOLDEN HORSESHOE

Public foundationFoundations·177 REBECCA STREET · HAMILTON, ON · L8R 1B9·BN 107462988RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31

This is a foundation: it mostly grants money to other charities, so program-spending ratios are the wrong lens. We show the share of spending disbursed to qualified donees instead.

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

UNITED WAY HALTON & HAMILTON RAISES FUNDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALLOCATES THEM TO REGISTERED CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES OF HALTON & HAMILTON. UNITED WAY HAS SEED FEED AND ROOT FUNDING STREAMS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO: 1. POVERTY TO POSSIBILITY 2. HEALTHY PEOPLE STRONG COMMUNITIES 3. ALL THAT KIDS CAN BE. UNITED WAY ITSELF CONTRIBUTES TO OTHER INITIATIVES SUCH AS OUR COMMUNITY DONATION WAREHOUSE WHICH PROVIDES DONATED GIFT-IN-KIND ITEMS TO COMMUNITY AGENCIES AS WELL AS OTHER INITIATIVES SUCH AS ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PERIOD PROMISE SOCIAL INNO Show more

UNITED WAY HALTON & HAMILTON RAISES FUNDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALLOCATES THEM TO REGISTERED CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES OF HALTON & HAMILTON. UNITED WAY HAS SEED FEED AND ROOT FUNDING STREAMS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO: 1. POVERTY TO POSSIBILITY 2. HEALTHY PEOPLE STRONG COMMUNITIES 3. ALL THAT KIDS CAN BE. UNITED WAY ITSELF CONTRIBUTES TO OTHER INITIATIVES SUCH AS OUR COMMUNITY DONATION WAREHOUSE WHICH PROVIDES DONATED GIFT-IN-KIND ITEMS TO COMMUNITY AGENCIES AS WELL AS OTHER INITIATIVES SUCH AS ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PERIOD PROMISE SOCIAL INNOVATION LABS AND LABOUR COMMUNITY SERVICES.

New programs

UNITED WAY HALTON & HAMILTON HAS TAKEN PART IN A $400 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO SUPPORT CHARITIES AND NON-PROFITS AS THEY BUILD RESILIENCE BY MAKING INVESTMENTS IN THEIR PEOPLE ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAM INNOVATION THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES RECOVERY FUND WHICH SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS AS THEY ADAPT TO THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THE FUND IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN UNITED WAY CENTRAIDE CNADA CANADIAN RED CROSS AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS INDIGEN Show more

UNITED WAY HALTON & HAMILTON HAS TAKEN PART IN A $400 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO SUPPORT CHARITIES AND NON-PROFITS AS THEY BUILD RESILIENCE BY MAKING INVESTMENTS IN THEIR PEOPLE ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAM INNOVATION THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES RECOVERY FUND WHICH SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS AS THEY ADAPT TO THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THE FUND IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN UNITED WAY CENTRAIDE CNADA CANADIAN RED CROSS AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS INDIGENOUS GOVERNING BODIES AND REGISTERED CHARITIES ACROSS CANADA.

Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗

Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)

From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.

Disbursed to qualified donees

T1 · computed (open data)

66%

Per its F2024 T3010, this share of total spending went to other registered charities.

T3010 line 5050 ÷ 5100 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

56%

Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.

T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

5.8 yr

Years current reserves could cover program spending.

Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).

T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

$17.0M

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

39%

Share of revenue from receipted donations.

T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Government-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

20%

Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.

T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Over the years

Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 20192024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2019-03-31$11.2M24¢76%5.3 yr
2020-03-31$11.3M29¢71%4.6 yr
2021-03-31$17.7M42¢58%3.6 yr
2022-03-31$12.8M39¢61%4.4 yr
2023-03-31$14.5M
2024-03-31$17.0M40¢56%5.8 yr
trend

From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗

★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)

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Overall rating

★ T2 · Charity Intelligence

★★★★

Charity Intelligence's 0–5 star overall rating.

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Results reporting

★ T2 · Charity Intelligence

A-

How well the charity reports its own results (A+ to F).

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Demonstrated impact

★ T2 · Charity Intelligence

Charity Intelligence's assessment of impact per dollar.

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Board of directors

17 directors reported · 2 of 17at arm's length

  • ATIBA, ADEJISOLADIRECTORnot at arm's length
  • CARDAMONE, MARYDIRECTORnot at arm's length
  • COOKE, CHRISDIRECTORnot at arm's length
  • EDINGTON, JAYOTIDIRECTORnot at arm's length
  • FORBES, ROBERTDIRECTORnot at arm's length
  • GALINDO, CAMDIRECTORnot at arm's length
  • JONES, GREGDIRECTORnot at arm's length
  • KLIMKOWSKI, LISADIRECTORnot at arm's length
  • MARCO, ANTHONYDIRECTORnot at arm's length
  • MCASKILL, JAMESDIRECTORnot at arm's length
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  • NICHOLSON, SUSANCHAIRnot at arm's length
  • OGILVIE, TRENTDIRECTORnot at arm's length
  • PEARCE, DANDIRECTORnot at arm's length
  • SINGHAL, RACHNAVICE CHAIRnot at arm's length
  • TAYLOR, MARGARETDIRECTORnot at arm's length
  • Adamo, JeromeDIRECTORarm's length
  • Taha, SariDIRECTORarm's length

From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗

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