Jayu Festival Inc.
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 825467780RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($698,970) as filed with the CRA.
Jayu Festival Inc. is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $760K in revenue and $699K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 33% from government, 20% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $201K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. The organization hosts an annual Human Rights Film Festival for the public. 2. The organization operates an award-winning arts and social justice training program (iAM) offered to 300+ equity-seeking youth in the GTA each year. 3. Year-Round Programming: JAYU offers showcase events throughout the year including documentary screenings spoken word poetry slams speakers events exhibitions workshops and more. 4. iAM Action is a complementary stream of programming to iAM that provides professional development and leadership training in areas such as CV/portfolio development grant wr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $760K | $699K | $515K | $549 | — | $226K |
| 2023 | $966K | $847K | $661K | $188 | — | $165K |
| 2022 | $907K | $944K | $668K | $3,963 | — | $69K |
| 2021 | $828K | $804K | $533K | $2,561 | — | $145K |
| 2020 | $531K | $491K | $308K | $612 | — | $111K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $201K from 10 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$72K
- Toronto Foundation$58K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- Rideau Hall Foundation$7,800
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,609
- Ronpro Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Race Relations Foundation$4,800
- ST. George's Society of Toronto Charitable Trust Fund$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$504
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
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$325K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brittney Cathcart (secretary); Nidhi Khanna (vice chair); Elisabeth Kohn (director); Lauren La Rose (director); Alicia Rose (chair); Nonna Aroutiounian (director); Erin Schacter (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jayu Festival Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 825467780RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.