Phoenix Youth Programs Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 881361216RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,228,948) as filed with the CRA.
Phoenix Youth Programs Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations, 39% from other charities. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.5M in 2024, the largest being $1.5M to Phoenix Youth Programs. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Raising and providing funds for the charitable purposes of Phoenix Youth Programs (www.phoenixyouth.ca). Fostering and promoting an awareness in the community of the special needs and circumstances of young people. The Foundation is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $2.2M | $109K | $80K | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $2.2M | $93K | $76K | $1.6M | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $1.8M | $117K | $75K | $1.2M | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $2M | $947K | $81K | $31K | $680K | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $185K | $63K | $1.2M | $584K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.5M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1.1M from 32 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$202K
- Canadahelps Canadon$202K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$100K
- Harrison McCain Foundation$100K
- J and W Murphy Foundation$100K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$82K
- Residual Trust Under the Will of Patrick Power$50K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- Aqueduct Foundation$25K
- The Canadian Tilling Foundation$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$23K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$20K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$16K
- The Charles Johnson Charitable Fund$15K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$12K
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$11K
- GJM Charitable Foundation$10K
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$7,500
- The Christina and Hedley G. Ivany Charitable Foundation$6,000
- The Presbyterian Church of Saint David$6,000
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$4,808
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,492
- Halifax Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor$3,000
- The Allstate Foundation of Canada$2,000
- Bethany United Church$1,600
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$358K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Timothy Crooks (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Phoenix Youth Programs Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 881361216RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.