Southwest Youth Emergency Shelter Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Swift Current, Saskatchewan · BN 815316377RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($556,675) as filed with the CRA.
Southwest Youth Emergency Shelter Inc. is a charitable organization based in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, 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 $592K in revenue and $557K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $6,444.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $41K in 2020 to $592K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
To bring awareness to the community in order to relieve poverty to benefit the community and to address problems faced by homeless youth aged fourteen to eighteen by establishing operating and maintaining an emergency shelter. To operate and fund the youth emergency shelter known as dorie’s house to serve youth in southwest saskatchewan. To operate and fund a youth treatment shelter to serve youth in saskatchewan.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $592K | $557K | $477K | $64K | — | $410K |
| 2023 | $567K | — | — | — | — | $375K |
| 2022 | $557K | $413K | — | — | — | $392K |
| 2021 | $92K | $35K | $196 | — | — | $248K |
| 2020 | $41K | $42K | $8,130 | — | — | $191K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,444 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$369K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shaun Hanna (president); Charmaine Westbury (treasurer); Glenn Alexander (vice president); Kevin Hanna (director); Kayla Myers (secretary); Tom Westbury (director); Nathaniel Gill (director); Francisco Garcia (director); Abbie Houston (director); David Stock (director); Shawna Olsen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Southwest Youth Emergency Shelter Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815316377RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.