Northern Youth Services Inc./services a la Jeunesse du Nord Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Sudbury, Ontario · BN 108049131RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,354,674) as filed with the CRA.
Northern Youth Services Inc./services a la Jeunesse du Nord Inc. is a private foundation based in Sudbury, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $3.4M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 21 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $5.3M in 2020 to $3.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Northern youth services provides youth services as defined by the ministry of children community and social services as follows: a) open detention in sudbury b) open custody in sudbury c) community support team in sudbury d) non-residental attendance centre in sudbury and sault ste-marie and e) youth justice family worker program in sudbury. Effective april 1 2024 the non-residential attendance centre in sault ste marie was transferred to another agency.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $3.4M | $3.1M | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $3M | $3.9M | — | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $4M | $3.9M | — | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $5.4M | $4.9M | — | — | — | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $5.3M | $5.2M | — | — | — | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions21
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Ruhanen (secretary); Sherrill Dewar (treasurer); Eric Vanderburg (director); Lauren Morrison (director); Jackie Balleny (president); Kathy Beddows (director); Holly Gutwillinger (director); Darcy Haines (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northern Youth Services Inc./services a la Jeunesse du Nord Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108049131RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.