Committee for Innovative Thinking for Youth Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Trenton, Ontario · BN 838791515RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($478,509) as filed with the CRA.
Committee for Innovative Thinking for Youth Inc. is a charitable organization based in Trenton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $444K in revenue and $479K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 59% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $103K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band).
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $122K in 2020 to $444K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the organization is to provide a youth centre for the quinte west area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $444K | $479K | $448K | $5,441 | — | $109K |
| 2023 | $380K | $396K | $351K | $19K | — | $143K |
| 2022 | $242K | $227K | $206K | $6,625 | — | $159K |
| 2021 | $261K | $201K | $187K | $3,143 | — | $145K |
| 2020 | $122K | $108K | $99K | $445 | — | $85K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $103K from 6 charities:
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
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$252K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maria Morris (director); Richard Stevens (chair); Donald Lucas (treasurer); Duncan Armstrong (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Committee for Innovative Thinking for Youth Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 838791515RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.