Brigs Youth Sail Training
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 119265924RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($569,733) as filed with the CRA.
Brigs Youth Sail Training is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $577K in revenue and $570K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $44K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $141K in 2020 to $577K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We provide a unique setting in which young people take part in programs designed to develop leadership and good citizenship. Activities are centered around sail training on our square rigged sailing vessel the ts playfair (I.e. A tall ship) in our summer program youth live work and learn on board the vessel with courses lasting from 3 to 12 days. No experience is necessary and youth from a wide range of backgrounds and financial circumstances are encouraged to apply. Hard and soft skills are taught during this time focussed on the growth of leadership teamwork competency and determinatio…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $577K | $570K | $273K | — | — | $270K |
| 2023 | — | $685K | $446K | — | — | $210K |
| 2022 | $694K | $536K | $332K | — | — | $270K |
| 2021 | $71K | $83K | — | — | — | $175K |
| 2020 | $141K | $140K | $115K | $10K | — | $78K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $44K from 11 charities:
- Hamilton Community Foundation$10K
- Toronto Foundation$10K
- Canada Gives$8,000
- Oakville Community Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,651
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,540
- Laidlaw Foundation$2,500
- N.o.a.c. Toronto Branch Scholarship Fund$1,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
- United Way of Greater Toronto$87
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1
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 positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$171K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michele Fraser (secretary); Matthew Snell (president); Colin Wu (director); Zidane Gajadhar (treasurer); Mike Wynne (director); Bruce Kemp (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brigs Youth Sail Training’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119265924RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.