Taking It Global Youth Association
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 866686991RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($8,617,144) as filed with the CRA.
Taking It Global Youth Association is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 November 30, 2024, it reported $9.6M in revenue and $8.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from government, 17% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.7M.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3,950 in 2024, the largest being $3,950 to Canadahelps Canadon. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Taking IT Global Youth Association's ('TIG') programs support social innovation provide connected learning experiences and offer training for youth that fosters creativity and digital skills helping them make greater contribution to the communities and organizations they're involved with. Programs take place through local engagement in Canadian provinces and territories and internet-based virtual methods reaching youth and educators over the World Wide Web. Connected North delivers interactive education services to Canada's most remote communities. With the support of the Governments of N…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.6M | $8.6M | $8M | $172K | $220K | $6.2M |
| 2023 | $10.3M | $10M | $9.3M | $131K | $324K | $5.2M |
| 2022 | $12.7M | $12.2M | $11.8M | $54K | $121K | $4.9M |
| 2021 | $10.9M | $10.2M | $9.9M | $57K | $57K | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $10.1M | $9.3M | $9.1M | $84K | $85K | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,950 to 1 qualified donee:
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,950
Received $1.7M from 28 charities:
- RBC Foundation$400K
- The Azrieli Foundation$250K
- Barry and Laurie Green Family Charitable Trust$200K
- The Samuel Family Foundation$150K
- Green Sanderson Family Foundation$100K
- Rideau Hall Foundation$90K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$50K
- Toronto Foundation$50K
- The Ralph M. Barford Foundation$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$46K
- Canadahelps Canadon$42K
- Canadahelps Canadon$42K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$35K
- CW Asia Fund Foundation$25K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$25K
- Lynwood Family Foundation$25K
- The Graham Burton Foundation$25K
- The Ouellette Family Foundation$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$20K
- Barry and Laurie Green Family Charitable Trust$15K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$10K
- Barry and Laurie Green Family Charitable Trust$10K
- S.M. Blair Family Foundation$5,000
- The K M Hunter Charitable Foundation$3,000
- Barry and Laurie Green Family Charitable Trust$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andre Morrisseau (vice-chair); Chivon John (director); Ellen Ratchye (chair/president); Jasper Buys (director); Matthew Pupic (treasurer); Karen Bird (director); Anureet Kaur (director); Aletha Pangman (secetary); Marilyn Whittingham (director); Derek Eagle Lee Williams (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Taking It Global Youth Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866686991RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.