The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Young Canadians Challenge (Ontario)
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 126081884RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($317,467) as filed with the CRA.
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Young Canadians Challenge (Ontario) is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, it reported $150K in revenue and $317K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 38% from other charities. In 2022, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,193.
Compared with 1,524 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Promote the Award through schools and youth-serving agencies. Provide information training and support to Award Leaders Volunteers and participants particularly in under-served communities. Preserve the quality of the program through assessment and recognition of Award Achievers. Expand the Award through outreach to hard to serve youth and communities and provide program assistance and volunteer support. We assist close to 1000 volunteers with these ongoing initiatives and the Award would be unable to function without this level of community support. Develop and use digital tools to …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $150K | $317K | $225K | $28K | — | $209K |
| 2020 | $555K | $551K | $418K | $57K | — | $372K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $1,193 from 4 charities:
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
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$236K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
Jeff Needham (secretary); Eros Spadotto (director); Anthony Cox (past president); Brent Merriman (director); Augusta White (president); Jack Mayer (director); Josh Harris (director); Graeme Saunders (director); Normand Cote (director); Michael Reiter (director); Ivana Corovic (treasurer); Lee English (director).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Young Canadians Challenge (Ontario)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 126081884RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.