For Youth Initiative in Toronto
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 876026725RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,475,187) as filed with the CRA.
For Youth Initiative in Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government, 14% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $240K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 76% of that peer group. The charity reported 21 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The organization provides programs to create and foster an inclusive environment where youth and adult representatives of the diverse community of york in the city of toronto can work in partnership to address youth needs and issues and promote full participation of youth in society.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.4M | $5,537 | — | $308K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.9M | $5,000 | — | $303K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.8M | $262 | — | $295K |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1,300 | — | $333K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1,968 | — | $307K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $240K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions21
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Farhan Ali (director); Byron Alvares (chair); James D'Souza (director); Jennifer Dixon (director); Virginia Kanyagonya (director); Jennifer Kelenc (treasurer); Lucia Lisozzi-Brutto (director); Lisa Pafu (secretary); Amrit Pahar (director); Lamin Sillah (youth director); Raj Singh (director); Kayla Webber (vice-chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from For Youth Initiative in Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876026725RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.