The Refuge Youth Outreach Centre
Charitable organization · Oshawa, Ontario · BN 847252764RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,356,462) as filed with the CRA.
The Refuge Youth Outreach Centre is a charitable organization based in Oshawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 30% from government, 40% from other charities. In 2024, 39 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $782K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $777K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
2nd chance youth centre - providing breakfast and lunch food personal hygiene supplies laundry facilities showers etc. On a weekday basis to homeless and street youth in the durham region. Wellness - programming focussed on healthy eating and active living for homeless and street youth. The rec. Room - a weekday evening drop-in program for homeless and street youth. Family night - a dinner program on friday nights for homeless and street individuals wilderness rocks - an outdoors/adventure cmaping program for homeless youth. New leaf catering - using a housing first approach the refuge w…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $91K | — | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $3.7M | $932K | $749K | $94K | — | $6.4M |
| 2022 | $3.7M | $793K | $731K | $54K | — | $3.7M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $737K | $680K | $49K | — | $709K |
| 2020 | $777K | $741K | $660K | $73K | — | $272K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $782K from 39 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$210K
- Canadahelps Canadon$210K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$122K
- Crossroads Community Christian Reformed Church$100K
- The Michael Young Family Foundation$25K
- Hebron Christian Reformed Church of Whitby$21K
- Trulls Road Free Methodist Church$15K
- Vancouver Foundation$11K
- Christian Stewardship Services$10K
- Rehoboth Christian Reformed Church of Bowmanville$8,697
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,133
- Adonis Foundation$5,000
- The Foster Hewitt Foundation$5,000
- Harmony Road Baptist Church$4,460
- Zion Christian Reformed Church of Oshawa$3,676
- United Way of Greater Toronto$3,171
- Whitby Christian Assembly$2,750
- Christ Memorial Church$2,000
- Sanctus Church$1,860
- Maranatha Christian Reformed Church of Bowmanville$1,847
- Whitby Baptist Church Inc.$1,500
- Whitby Free Methodist Church$1,300
- Hope Christian Reformed Church of Port Perry$1,146
- Faith Lutheran Church$1,097
- Herman Kassinger Foundation$1,000
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$769K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rob Madge (director); Lee Sommerfeldt (director); Cheri Le Foriestier (director); Clifford Suld (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Refuge Youth Outreach Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 847252764RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.