United Way of Lanark County

It took in $14,401 more than it spent, and retained the difference. Neither is good or bad on its own — charities hold reserves, run capital campaigns, and spend down endowments, and the return does not say which.

• Charitable programs5.1%
• Management and administration34.9%
• Fundraising60.0%

United Way of Lanark County reported spending 5.1% of its expenditure on charitable programs. Among the 106 charities registered under foundations that reported the same line for 2017, the middle of the range is 80.5%, and this charity sits at the 2th percentile — below 98% of them.

That is a position in a distribution, not a verdict. Charities allocate costs differently on the same form, and a lower share often reflects how a return was filled in rather than how the money was spent. The cohort counts only charities that reported this line — about a quarter of the register does not, and they are not in the comparison at all.

Canadian charities report how many of their ten highest-paid positions fall in each pay band. Not who they are, and not what any one person earns — the return does not collect that, and it cannot be worked out from what follows.

• 2$1–39,999

2 positions reported in total. The form asks only about the ten highest-paid, so a smaller number means the charity reported fewer compensated positions than that.