Urban Native Youth Association
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 129836292RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,259,723) as filed with the CRA.
Urban Native Youth Association is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $19.3M in revenue and $7.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $765K.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 59 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.5M in 2020 to $19.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Founded in 1988 the urban native youth association is an idigenous youth-driven organization. Unya delivers 20+ culturally-responsive prevention-focused programs and initiatives designed to meet the diverse needs of indigenous youth in the urban setting. Working with 175+ volunteers 100 staff and more than 300 community partners unya provides a welcoming place for indigenous youth from throughout bc - and across canada - to access supports and opportunities which enable them to explore their personal goals and develop their leadership skills in a fun safe and healthy environment. Educ…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19.3M | $7.3M | $6.4M | — | — | $22M |
| 2023 | $7.3M | $6.1M | $5.4M | — | — | $10.3M |
| 2022 | $7.5M | $6.1M | $5.4M | — | — | $9.1M |
| 2021 | $7.2M | $5.7M | $4.9M | — | — | $7.8M |
| 2020 | $5.5M | $5.2M | $4.7M | — | — | $6.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $765K from 19 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$223K
- Canadahelps Canadon$223K
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$130K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$54K
- Doggone Foundation$50K
- Aqueduct Foundation$27K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$23K
- Alacanastu Family Foundation$13K
- Coming Home Society$7,600
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$3,205
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,518
- Vancouver Foundation$2,250
- University Women's Club of South Delta B.C. Education Fund$2,194
- Trinity-Grace United Church$1,075
- Parish of ST. Faith$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$386
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$225
- Vancity Community Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions59
- Total compensation, all staff$5.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andre Bessette (treasurer); Herbert (daniel) Cook (director); Alaska Grayson (secretary); Matthews Norris (president); Leila Williams (vice president); Katisha Paul (director); Laura Beaudry (director); Maureen Buchan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Urban Native Youth Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129836292RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.