Canada Youth Arts Development Foundation
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 846416501RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($262,946) as filed with the CRA.
Canada Youth Arts Development Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $55K in revenue and $263K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,000 in 2023, the largest being $2,000 to Dharma Buddhist Meditation Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Art courses for children youth and adults youth world cup live painting competition photography & micro movie competition youth leadership award junior journalist club seminar
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $55K | $263K | $84K | — | $2,000 | $503K |
| 2023 | $321K | $273K | $83K | — | $26K | $710K |
| 2022 | $956K | $35K | $772 | — | — | $662K |
| 2021 | — | $19K | $14K | — | — | -$260K |
| 2020 | — | $21K | $19K | — | — | -$241K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $2,000 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$159K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Yonghe Zheng (president); Dan Bu (director); Weizhang Meng (founding president); Zhenghao Liu (treasurer); Zhongzhen Gai (director); Hanlin Zheng (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canada Youth Arts Development Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846416501RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.