Association of Central Alberta Youth for Christ
Charitable organization · Lacombe, Alberta · BN 836856567RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,730,297) as filed with the CRA.
Association of Central Alberta Youth for Christ is a charitable organization based in Lacombe, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 34 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $398K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $14K in 2024, the largest being $14K to Youth for Christ/canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Through the programs and activities of central alberta youth unlimited/yfc we seek to provide hope and wholeness for all youth. The ongoing programs include youth drop-in centres coaching sports teams weekly clubs and after school programs youth and young parent housing spring break service trips support programs for pregnant and parenting young families counselling services leadership development programs mentorship special events camps youth conferences campus programs for students and coffee shops promoting employment skill training leadership development mentorship and dis…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $2.7M | $2.4M | $79K | $14K | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.3M | $2.3M | $64K | $7,500 | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2.2M | $46K | — | $789K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.9M | $37K | — | $900K |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.5M | $1.5M | $9,789 | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $14K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $398K from 34 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$126K
- Crossroads Evangelical Missionary Church Fellowship$39K
- Greater Vancouver Youth for Christ$27K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- The Morning Star Charitable Foundation$25K
- First Baptist Church$13K
- Clive Baptist Society for Christian Ministry$12K
- Sonrise Christian Reformed Church$11K
- Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation$10K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$10K
- Lacombe First Baptist Fellowship Society$7,800
- Church of the Open Bible$7,629
- Seasons Trust$6,000
- Canada West Presbytery (PCA) Inc.$5,350
- King of Kings Lutheran Church (spruce View District)$5,000
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Ponoka Alberta$4,491
- Bethel Christian Reformed Church$4,315
- Wolf Creek Community Church a Christian Reformed Congregation$3,627
- Abundance Canada$3,236
- Maranatha Foundation$3,000
- Edmonton Crestwood Presbyterian Church$2,936
- Carrick a Rede Foundation$2,500
- Zion Christian Fellowship$2,400
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Clarence Verveda (member at large); Dean Den Oudsten (chairperson); Henry Steenbergen (member at large); Teresa Clark (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Association of Central Alberta Youth for Christ’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 836856567RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.