Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada Foundation Fondation les Repaires Jeunesse du Canada
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118814656RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($449,207) as filed with the CRA.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada Foundation Fondation les Repaires Jeunesse du Canada is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $449K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $77K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $290K in 2024, the largest being $200K to Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada/Les repaires jeunesse du Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $516K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The boys and girls clubs of canada foundation was established in 1995 as a public charitable foundation and was continued under the canada not-for-profit corporations act in june 2013. The bgcc foundation provides financial support to boys and girls clubs of canada and the children and youth that clubs serve across canada. Annual grants are made available on an application basis to the individual clubs and national offices. The foundation's support ensures the ability of boys and girls clubs of canada to continue to play a vital role in building brighter futures for canadian children and youth…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $449K | — | — | $294K | $6.6M |
| 2023 | $850K | $933K | — | — | $782K | $6M |
| 2022 | -$222K | $494K | — | $7,500 | $395K | $6.1M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $438K | — | $18K | $346K | $6.8M |
| 2020 | $516K | $565K | — | $145K | $346K | $5.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $290K to 15 qualified donees:
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada/Les repaires jeunesse du Canada$200K
- Boys and Girls Club of Niagara$15K
- The Fort McMurray Boys' and Girls' Club$10K
- BGC Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton and Area Society$5,916
- Maison des Jeunes de Neuville$5,900
- Maison des Jeunes l'Atome$5,800
- Boys & Girls Club of Thompson Inc.$5,800
- BGC ST. John's$5,800
- Boys and Girls Club of Kingston & Area Inc.$5,800
- Fredericton Boys' and Girls' Club Inc.$5,800
- East Toronto Family Community Centre$5,800
- Boys and Girls Clubs of South Coast BC$5,700
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Halifax$5,405
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Winnipeg Inc.$4,500
- Boys' and Girls' Club of Summerside Inc.$3,250
Received $77K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$18K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Mather (treasurer); Felix Wu (secretary); David Renwick (director); Deirde McMurdy (chair); Bonny Van Rest (director); Allan Lindsay (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada Foundation Fondation les Repaires Jeunesse du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118814656RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.