United Way Burlington & Greater Hamilton
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
✔+
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
B+
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
n/r
DEMONSTRATED IMPACT
The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.
NEED FOR FUNDING
Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.
77%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 77 cents are available for programs.
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Programs
About United Way Burlington & Greater Hamilton:
Founded in 1927, the United Way of Burlington & Greater Hamilton (UWBH) aims to improve lives and build community by engaging individuals and mobilizing collective action. The organization funds a number of agencies, specifically focusing on poverty, health and community, and children. It raises funds primarily through the annual Community Campaign, which includes donations from company payrolls, corporations and individuals.
In 2014 UWBH and its partners helped 683 seniors live safely in their homes, 604 children and adults receive crisis counselling, 393 women find refuge from violent abuse, and 1,245 children participate in early learning programs. With the support of UWBH and its partner agencies, 40,726 people connected to neighbourhood development programs, 53,686 people were involved in community mental health initiatives, 35,762 students participated in after-school programs, 14,904 individuals and families accessed food security services and 16,836 children took part in school readiness programs.
The top 5 grant recipients in F2015 were YWCA of Hamilton ($306k or 8% of grants), Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hamilton and Burlington ($273k or 8%), YMCA of Hamilton/Burlington/Brantford ($223k or 6%), Catholic Family Services of Hamilton ($210k or 6%) and Wesley Urban Ministries ($148k or 4%).
Donor Advisory: United Way Burlington & Greater Hamilton, United Way Halton Hills, United Way Oakville and United Way Milton have officially merged to form United Way Halton and Hamilton on April 1st, 2017.
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Finances
In F2015 administrative costs were 8% of revenues and fundraising costs were 15% of donations. Funding reserves of $2.5m include the tomorrow and forever endowment fund, $1.4m of which is donor-advised. UWBH's non-donor endowed funding reserves cover 28% of annual program costs.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to the charity for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated August 13, 2015 by Zoe Best.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending March
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2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Administrative costs as % of revenues | 8.3% | 7.7% | 6.6% |
Fundraising costs as % of donations | 15.1% | 15.2% | 13.2% |
Program cost coverage (%) | 27.7% | 29.6% | 33.6% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Donations | 6,668 | 6,341 | 6,554 |
Special events | 25 | 30 | 42 |
Investment income | 24 | 29 | 30 |
Other income | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Total revenues | 6,717 | 6,402 | 6,633 |
Program costs | 490 | 419 | 427 |
Grants | 3,631 | 3,919 | 4,409 |
Donor-designated donations | 751 | 335 | 351 |
Administrative costs | 554 | 491 | 437 |
Fundraising costs | 1,098 | 1,049 | 826 |
Cash flow from operations | 193 | 189 | 184 |
Funding reserves | 2,526 | 2,628 | 2,803 |
Note: Ci included United Way of Canada dues in administrative costs. Ci included revenues from the kickoff and touchdown events in special event fundraising.Ci excluded transfers to/from other United Ways in revenues/expenseswhen calculating fundraising ratios.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
4 |
$40k - $80k |
5 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2014
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