The Young Women's Christian Association of St.Catharines
Charitable organization · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 108229816RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,624,438) as filed with the CRA.
The Young Women's Christian Association of St.Catharines is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $8.5M in revenue and $5.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 40% from government, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $318K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 77 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.7M in 2020 to $8.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Programs provided to families residential and shelter programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.5M | $5.6M | $5.2M | $199K | — | $4.2M |
| 2023 | $4.6M | $4.7M | $4.2M | $222K | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $5M | $4.8M | $4.4M | $208K | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $4.6M | $4.2M | $4M | $216K | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $3.7M | $3.6M | $3.3M | $195K | — | $998K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $318K from 19 charities:
- The Branscombe Family Foundation$90K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$60K
- La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$23K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$16K
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$6,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$5,000
- Niagara-ON-The-Lake Rotary Foundation$4,540
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$2,365
- Forestview Community Church Grimsby Ontario$1,375
- Vancouver Foundation$1,350
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$1,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$819
- Canadian Federation of University Women - ST. Catharines Charitable Fund$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$99
- United Way of Greater Toronto$90
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$53
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions77
- Total compensation, all staff$2.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Erin Amirault (president); Kate Chiera (treasurer); Katie Keays (director); Heather Salter (secretary); Lori Littleton (director); Yomade Olagunju (director); Emily Petro (director); Caitlin Szczepanoski (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Young Women's Christian Association of St.Catharines’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108229816RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.