Trails Youth Initiatives Inc.
Charitable organization · Stouffville, Ontario · BN 135050755RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,037,836) as filed with the CRA.
Trails Youth Initiatives Inc. is a charitable organization based in Stouffville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $3.6M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 40 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Trails youth initiatives 'four seasons four years for life' outdoor programme that builds confidence through skills development high school credits bursaries and mentorship. Trails challenges and equips vulnerable youth to become contributing members of the community. Trails recruits youth at age 12 from the toronto area and using a camp setting trails works year round over the summer and on weekends. Trained consellors address issues like conflict resolution substance abuse and discrimination in a fun and supportive environment. The program is preventative rather than rehabilitativ…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $2M | $1.6M | $239K | — | $10.5M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $222K | — | $9M |
| 2022 | $906K | $1.6M | $1.2M | $216K | — | $8.6M |
| 2021 | $3.4M | $1.3M | $922K | $226K | — | $9.3M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $1.1M | $830K | $136K | — | $7.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1M from 40 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$125K
- Canadahelps Canadon$125K
- The Annual Foundation$105K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$91K
- Canada Gives$78K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$50K
- RBC Foundation$50K
- The Joyce Family Foundation$50K
- The Fourth Box Charitable Foundation$40K
- Canada Post Community Foundation/Fondation Communautaire de Postes Canada$25K
- Mackenzie Investments Charitable Foundation$25K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$25K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$20K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- The Lang Family Foundation$20K
- Hodgson Family Foundation$18K
- Toronto Foundation$18K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$15K
- Jane and Tom Sabourin Family Foundation$12K
- The Sabourin Family Foundation$12K
- Abundance Canada$11K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$10K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$10K
- Oakville Community Foundation$10K
- Brookfield Partners Foundation$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bob Henderson (education and research); Greg Ryan (treasurer); Jennifer Werry (revenue generation); James Werry (director); Lauren Mostowyk (director); Greig Clark (director); Rob Drynan (director); Hussain Stanley (director); Christine Chen (director); Hanssa Jain (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Trails Youth Initiatives Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135050755RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.