Catholic Youth Organization
Charitable organization · Mount Hope, Ontario · BN 118841378RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,505,859) as filed with the CRA.
Catholic Youth Organization is a charitable organization based in Mount Hope, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.4M in revenue and $3.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 9% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $280K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 98% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
We employ recreational and social group work techniques in a variety of activities including athletics camping and retreats to develop spiritual cultural social and civic leadership in young people. We operate from roman catholic parishes and recreational camps.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $3.5M | $2.5M | $210K | — | $4.6M |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $3.3M | $2.4M | $163K | — | $4.7M |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $2.5M | $1.8M | $28K | — | $4.6M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $923K | $34K | — | $4.3M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $3.1M | $2.1M | $183K | — | $4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $280K from 20 charities:
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$119K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$116K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$10K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$9,514
- Ex Corde Foundation$9,000
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,292
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$1,000
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$1,000
- ST Vincent de Paul Society Blessed Sacrament Conference$895
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$750
- Canadahelps Canadon$720
- Bulldogs Foundation Inc.$670
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$670
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$437
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$300
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$275
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$134
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$130
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pamela Aleman (director); John Desimone (director); Dean Difrancesco (director); Paolo Fidanza (president); Hermon Mayers (director); Kelly McCowell (vice-president); Carm Spadafora (treasurer); Paul Taylor (vice-president); Bruno Uggenti (director); Andrew Quarshie (director); Vince Vaccarello (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Catholic Youth Organization’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118841378RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.