Desta black youth network
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 822780862RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($845,901) as filed with the CRA.
Desta black youth network is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $893K in revenue and $846K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government, 27% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $257K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Desta runs its programs and services through three main pillars of activity: continued learning offers distance education programs for youth wishing to complete their high school education; individualized study plans and 1-on-1 tutoring services; collective learning opportunities through workshops and relevant outings; desta education subsidy offers financial assistance for students to help defray tuition costs. Health and personal development offers leadership training through workshops civic participation and advocacy; individual support services; promotes healthy lifestyle through physical…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $893K | $846K | $741K | — | — | $580K |
| 2023 | $714K | $847K | $617K | — | — | $533K |
| 2022 | $779K | $871K | $760K | — | — | $666K |
| 2021 | $951K | $567K | $429K | — | — | $758K |
| 2020 | $596K | $302K | $246K | — | — | $374K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $257K from 17 charities:
- The Holt Foundation$71K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$24K
- The Adair Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Adair$20K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$20K
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$15K
- The Birks Family Foundation$15K
- Tony & Betty Infilise Family Foundation$10K
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$8,530
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$6,300
- T.R.E.E. Foundation for Training and Development/Fondation pour la formation et le développement T.R.E.E.$5,000
- The Marchab Foundation$2,500
- The Hay Foundation/la Fondation Hay$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,054
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$58
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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$493K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dexter Peart (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Desta black youth network’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822780862RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.