Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 897564951RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,233,440) as filed with the CRA.
Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $972K in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from donations, 17% from government. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $307K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (9 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Helpline for lgbt youth 6 nights a week run by lgbt peers. Outreach within province. Volunteer training for lgbt youth. Provincial ambassador program to support community development by lgbt youth in ontario.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $972K | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | $412K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $957K | — | — | $673K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.2M | $939K | — | — | $648K |
| 2021 | $921K | $795K | $609K | — | — | $366K |
| 2020 | $787K | $704K | $616K | — | — | $230K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $307K from 20 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$107K
- Canadahelps Canadon$107K
- Aqueduct Foundation$40K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$18K
- Community One Foundation$10K
- MLSE Foundation$5,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$4,701
- Honda Canada Foundation$3,840
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$3,667
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,544
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$1,500
- Vancouver Foundation$1,350
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,093
- Toronto Pflag$1,000
- Toronto Foundation$500
- Abundance Canada$400
- BenefAction Foundation$250
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$250
- United Way of Calgary and Area$62
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$22
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jerico Espinas (co-chair); Ben Kent (co-chair); Rohan Kulkarni (treasurer); Kimberley Kunimoto (director); Nicole Dylan Madison (secretary); Karel Peters (director); Vincent So (director); Nira Sohi (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897564951RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.