Acorn to Oak Youth Services
Publicly funded institution · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 894514595RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($267,703) as filed with the CRA.
Acorn to Oak Youth Services is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $428K in revenue and $268K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 89% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $146K.
Compared with 62 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $60K in 2020 to $428K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Helping youths seniors and families through services education intervention mediation and practical support acorn to oak continued the implementation of emergency food security program in repsonse to the economic hardship and food security impacts of the pandemic on vulnerable populations within its surrending community. Acorn to oak youth justic program was expanded in 2021 launching three (3) new satelite sites in brampton etobicoke and north york to increase accessibility to the a2o justice program to marginalize youth who are at risk and in conflict with the law. A2o also continue to prov…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $428K | $268K | $189K | $6,436 | — | $61K |
| 2023 | $266K | $280K | $151K | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $352K | $305K | $117K | $117K | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $291K | $209K | $131K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $60K | $33K | $25K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $146K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$179K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Samuel Abrokwa (director); Ravi Fernandes (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Acorn to Oak Youth Services’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894514595RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.