Community Stewardship
15% of our net professional fees go to the United Way. Every year.
Reekie Development Consulting donates 15% of its net professional fee revenue each year to the Margo and David Reekie Fund for the United Way, held at the Saskatoon Community Foundation. It is not a campaign or a round-up at checkout. It is how the practice is set up to run.
- 15% of net professional fees, every year
- Margo and David Reekie Fund for the United Way
- Held at the Saskatoon Community Foundation
- Calculated on year-end financial statements
Net professional fees, in plain terms
What counts.
The fees RDC bills for its own professional work: inspections, site plans, permit packages, appeals, and advisory work.
What does not count.
Money that passes through RDC to third parties, such as a sub-consultant’s fee or a contractor’s invoice, is excluded. Those costs are not RDC’s revenue, so they are not part of the calculation.
When.
Once a year, after the fiscal year closes and the financial statements are finalized.
What it means when you hire us
Every dollar you pay RDC for professional work carries 15 cents into the Margo and David Reekie Fund. There is no surcharge for it and nothing to opt into. Our fees are set the way any engineering firm sets them; the donation comes out of what we earn, not out of what you pay on top.
So a heated shop inspected, a site plan drawn, or a refused permit reopened also puts something back into the community the project sits in. That is the point.
The Margo and David Reekie Fund for the United Way
Two generations of one Saskatoon family
The fund is held at the Saskatoon Community Foundation and supports the work of the United Way. It is named for Margo Joan Reekie (1907 to 2007), a lifelong Saskatonian who spent 33 years at SaskTel, volunteered with the United Way for much of her life and chaired its volunteer campaign in 2000, and for her son, David Elliot Reekie, remembered on the fund’s page for sharing her warmth, humour and ability to connect with people.
RDC’s pledge continues that family history in the plainest way available to a small firm: a fixed share of what the practice earns, given every year, to a fund that carries their names.
Stewardship before scale
Our work sits where technical systems meet people’s lives
Most of the people who call RDC are not developers. They are homeowners, cabin owners and small contractors who have run into a permit problem and feel stuck, exposed or overwhelmed by a process they did not design. Our job is to make that process legible and get them through it.
We think a professional practice should exist to protect human effort and strengthen the community it works in, not simply to make money from the systems around it. Giving a fixed share of our fees to the United Way is how that belief shows up as something you can check, rather than something we say.
Every permit managed, every site plan drafted and every appeal resolved puts something back into the community that project is part of.
How it is calculated and verified
At the end of each fiscal year, RDC’s financial statements are finalized and net professional fee revenue is calculated: the fees billed for RDC’s own work, less any third-party sub-consultant and contractor costs that passed through the firm. Fifteen percent of that figure is transferred directly to the Margo and David Reekie Fund for the United Way at the Saskatoon Community Foundation.
Because the donation goes to a fund held at a community foundation rather than to a program we run ourselves, it is recorded on both sides: in RDC’s year-end statements and in the Foundation’s records for the fund.
Year end
Financial statements are finalized.
Calculation
15% of net professional fee revenue, with pass-through costs excluded.
Transfer
Paid directly to the fund at the Saskatoon Community Foundation.
Questions
Common questions about the pledge
What is the Margo and David Reekie Fund for the United Way?
A fund held at the Saskatoon Community Foundation that supports the work of the United Way. It is named for Margo Reekie, a long-time United Way volunteer and campaign chair, and her son David. You can read about it on the Foundation’s website.
Why 15% of net professional fees, rather than a round number of dollars?
A fixed percentage scales with the practice. In a busy year the fund receives more; in a quiet year it receives less; either way the commitment is the same. Tying it to net professional fees keeps it honest: it is calculated on what RDC actually earns for its own work, not on money that passes through the firm to other people.
Does the pledge add anything to my invoice?
No. Fees are set the way any engineering firm sets them, and the donation comes out of RDC’s share afterward. You will not see a line for it and you do not need to do anything.
What are “pass-through third-party sub-consultant and contractor costs”?
Sometimes a project needs a specialist RDC does not have in house, such as a surveyor or a geotechnical consultant, or a contractor’s work billed through us for convenience. Those costs come in and go straight back out. They are not RDC revenue, so they are excluded before the 15% is calculated.
How do I know the donation actually happens?
It is calculated from RDC’s finalized year-end financial statements and paid directly to the fund at the Saskatoon Community Foundation, so it appears in the firm’s books and in the Foundation’s records for the fund. If you are considering working with RDC and want to talk about it, ask Evan directly.
Can I give to the fund myself?
Yes. The Saskatoon Community Foundation accepts gifts to the funds it holds. The fund’s page on the Foundation’s website is the place to start.
Work with us
Good work for you. Something back for the community.
If you have a permit problem, a set of drawings that needs a second look, or a refusal letter with a clock on it, start with an inspection. 15% of the fee goes to the United Way; the rest goes into getting your project through.
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