Check Your Head: The Youth Global Education Network
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 878618321RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($53,548) as filed with the CRA.
Check Your Head: The Youth Global Education Network is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, it reported $2,554 in revenue and $54K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $515.
Compared with 4,037 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $11K in 2022, the largest being $3,587 to Tsleil-Waututh Nation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $216K in 2020 to $2,554 in 2022. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Training and supporting of youth facilitators in delivery of various workshops pertaining to social / climate justice in schools and community spaces through a peer-based model. Projects included the youth building a new economy cohorts food justice and bc youth 4 health. No new programs were added but transitions in programming delivery had to be made to enable virtual modes of engagement in order to adapt to covid-19 guidelines.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $2,554 | $54K | $32K | — | $11K | — |
| 2021 | $226K | $195K | $181K | — | — | $51K |
| 2020 | $216K | $198K | $171K | $3,434 | — | $20K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Granted $11K to 3 qualified donees:
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation$3,587
- Musqueam Indian Band$3,587
- Squamish Nation$3,587
Received $515 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$32K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Simran Sarwara (chair); Ishita Kholsa (member-at-large); Adriana Laurent (member-at-large); Rachel Cheang (member-at-large); Jacqueline Sarvini (member-at-large).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Check Your Head: The Youth Global Education Network’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 878618321RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.