Southwestern Ontario Youth for Christ
Charitable organization · Woodstock, Ontario · BN 895569044RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,466,035) as filed with the CRA.
Southwestern Ontario Youth for Christ is a charitable organization based in Woodstock, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6.3M in revenue and $6.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 175 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $935K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 60 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $83K in 2024, the largest being $81K to Youth for Christ/canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
1. Community outreach. Connecting through team & mentoring relationships. Clubs sports mentoring youth advocacy. 2. Critical care. Supporting youth experiencing systemic vulnerability. Young parents food supports mobile outreach housing mental health supports. 3. Innovative centres. Pursuing shared interests in inspiring environments. 4. Leadership development. Growing and discovering God’s purpose for life. Discipleship leadership training church partnerships faith. 5. Marketplace initiatives. Developing employment skills & entrepreneurship. 6. Trips camps & events. Sharin…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.3M | $6.5M | $5M | $457K | $83K | $8M |
| 2023 | $7.2M | $6.1M | $4.8M | $486K | $79K | $8.3M |
| 2022 | $5.5M | $5.7M | $4.5M | $349K | $66K | $7.2M |
| 2021 | $5.5M | $4.7M | $3.7M | $256K | $106K | $7.4M |
| 2020 | $4.9M | $4.3M | $3.4M | $204K | $38K | $6.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $83K to 5 qualified donees:
Received $935K from 175 charities:
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$147K
- Canadahelps Canadon$58K
- Canadahelps Canadon$58K
- Abundance Canada$39K
- Maitland River Community Church$38K
- Ross-Shire Foundation$20K
- River Dali Foundation$20K
- D.H. Falle Family Foundation$20K
- Portico Community Church$20K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$16K
- The Bible League of Canada$15K
- Wilmot Centre Missionary Church$13K
- Evergreen Heights Christian Fellowship$12K
- Bethany Community Church of ST. Catharines$11K
- Youth for Christ Canada Foundation$11K
- Christian Stewardship Services$11K
- Wallenstein Bible Chapel$10K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$10K
- Vineland Missionary Church$9,148
- Oxford Community Foundation$8,575
- Memorial Baptist Church of Stratford$8,505
- East Christian Reformed Church$8,292
- Listowel Community Church$8,000
- Southwest Kitchener church of Christ$7,800
- First Baptist Church Tillsonburg Inc.$7,220
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions60
- Total compensation, all staff$4.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steve Deller (executive director); Jayson Lichti (secretary); Pat Heffernan (chair); Jim Anderson (treasurer); Jerry Asling (director); Darryl Weber (vice chair); David Steenburg (director); William DeWinter (treasurer); Samson Ling (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Southwestern Ontario Youth for Christ’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895569044RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.