The Victoria Youth Empowerment Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 135848950RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,946,245) as filed with the CRA.
The Victoria Youth Empowerment Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, 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 $3.1M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $156K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 26 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Alliance club drop - the club provides a safe healthy alternative for youth (13-19) to 'hanging out' in the downtown core and a connecting point for street entrenched youth who may wish to explore a more positive lifestyle. Services include an evening meal program shower and laundry facilities hygiene products and some recreational activities. Kiwanis emergency youth shelter (keys) - keys is a 10 bed facility that responds to a wide range of crises including parent/teen conflict issues of abuse adn youth homelessness. Counsellors are available on a 24-hour basis to provide support. Spec…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $2.9M | $2.9M | $13K | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.4M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.4M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $2.3M | $2.2M | $9,204 | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.1M | $11K | — | $950K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $156K from 14 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$38K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$15K
- The Quail Rock Foundation$10K
- The Chawkers foundation$5,000
- Big Wheel Community Foundation$4,500
- David Charitable Trust$2,000
- Victoria Truth Centre Inc.$1,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$949
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$469
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions26
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Beatty (vice president); Taryn Castles (treasurer); Deena Dam (director at large); Sara Genevieve Daniels (secretary); Merissa Raymond (president); Gerry Thompson (director at large); Anthony Njoroge (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Victoria Youth Empowerment Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135848950RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.