Bryerswood Youth Camp Optimist Club
Publicly funded institution · Amherstburg, Ontario · BN 750233082RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($162,613) as filed with the CRA.
Bryerswood Youth Camp Optimist Club is a charitable organization based in Amherstburg, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $352K in revenue and $163K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 44% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $26K in 2020 to $352K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Offer structured environmental stewardship programs to children and youth between the ages of 4 to 18 to develop self-esteem leadership and life skills. Provide advance education by providing leadership training outdoor camping skills and protect the environment for the benefit of the public.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $352K | $163K | $6,189 | $9,724 | — | $606K |
| 2023 | $200K | $149K | $26K | $3,054 | — | $416K |
| 2022 | $227K | $133K | $46K | $16K | — | $366K |
| 2021 | $265K | $83K | $46K | $33K | — | $272K |
| 2020 | $26K | $22K | $7,274 | — | — | $90K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathi Poupard (chair); Cathy Robertson (vice chair); Tracey Butcher (treasurer); Joanne Pelat (secretary); Chris Renaud (director); Ian Phillips (director); Norbert Bolger (director); Nancy Flagler-Wilburn (director); Nancy Parker (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bryerswood Youth Camp Optimist Club’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 750233082RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.