The Yonge Street Mission
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119306181RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($17,171,420) as filed with the CRA.
The Yonge Street Mission is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $15.8M in revenue and $17.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations, 21% from government, 32% from other charities. In 2024, 147 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.6M.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 119 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $500 in 2024, the largest being $500 to Canadian Centre for Christian Charities. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
We hold worship services and religious activities and operate used clothing store. We provide breakfast lunch and dinner food and clothing for the poor. We provide healthcare counseling recreational programs and pastoral care to the community. We offer job assistance job readiness help computer training mentoring life skills training and after school programs. We operate a daycare centre a nursery and run a food bank. We organize community development activities and disversion programs for street involved youth. We organize camps for street involved youth women and girl groups. We o…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.8M | $17.2M | $12.6M | $3.3M | $500 | $21.8M |
| 2023 | $16.3M | $16.2M | $12M | $3.2M | $300 | $22.8M |
| 2022 | $15.3M | $14.9M | $11M | $2.9M | $300 | $22.7M |
| 2021 | $15.8M | $13.5M | $9.9M | $2.8M | $300 | $22.4M |
| 2020 | $14.3M | $13.1M | $9.7M | $2.6M | $300 | $19.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $3.6M from 147 charities:
- Daily Bread Food Bank$564K
- The Charis Foundation$300K
- Patrick and Barbara Keenan Foundation$210K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$209K
- Donald Bainbridge Family Foundation$200K
- Canadahelps Canadon$148K
- Canadahelps Canadon$148K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$121K
- Gordon & Ruth Gooder Charitable Foundation$100K
- The Sixty Three Foundation$100K
- The Newlands Family Foundation$100K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$94K
- Selah Charitable Trust$90K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$89K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$68K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$67K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$59K
- Canada Gives$53K
- Avonlea Trust$50K
- The Whitmer Trudel Charitable Foundation$50K
- BenefAction Foundation$49K
- Fifth Church of Christ Scientist$25K
- Temerty Foundation$25K
- New Century Charitable Foundation$25K
- D.H. Falle Family Foundation$25K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions119
- Total compensation, all staff$10.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Chestnutt (board member); Heather Janes (board vice chair); Kin Chan (board chair of complianc(...)); Julia Robarts (board member); Yolanda Dasselaar (board member); Faithe Holder (board member); David McFadden (board chair); Erik Parnoja (board member); David Stevenson (board member); Luckson Zireva (board memebr/secretary/co(...)); Dan Nohdomi (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Yonge Street Mission’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119306181RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.