Y.e.s.s.: Youth Emergency Shelter Society of Edmonton
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 129537437RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,897,039) as filed with the CRA.
Y.e.s.s.: Youth Emergency Shelter Society of Edmonton is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $6.3M in revenue and $5.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 25% from government, 50% from other charities. In 2024, 73 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.3M.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 66 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Based in Edmonton Youth Empowerment & Support Services (YESS) provides 24/7 singe-point-of-access to immediate and low-barrier physical mental cultural and emotional health supports and safe places to stay for youth aged 15-21 who are experiencing crisis. Youth Support Centres also host Monday to Friday Resource and Mental Hubs with physical and mental health clinics and youth-supporting resources to ensure youth 15-24 get the help they need when they need it and where they need it - in their community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.3M | $5.9M | $4.7M | $16K | — | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $5.6M | $6.4M | $4.1M | $782K | — | $3M |
| 2022 | $7.5M | $7.6M | $4.6M | $707K | — | $3.6M |
| 2021 | $7.5M | $5.7M | $3.5M | $710K | — | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $5.8M | $5.6M | $3.3M | $964K | — | $724K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3.3M from 73 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$869K
- Canadahelps Canadon$869K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$282K
- The Annual Foundation$255K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$200K
- The Kuchar Foundation$94K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$70K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$66K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$58K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$50K
- RBC Foundation$50K
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$42K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$37K
- Lacie Foundation$35K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$33K
- Cam & Dawn Allard Family Foundation$30K
- The Matt & Betty-Jean Baldwin Foundation$26K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$20K
- William & Florence Lede Family Foundation$20K
- The Allan & Sally Sawin Foundation$18K
- The Marian Centre$15K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$14K
- Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundation$13K
- Aqueduct Foundation$11K
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
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions66
- Total compensation, all staff$4.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steven Ewaskiw (chair); Cynthia Zutter (director); Emma Wynters (director); Amanda Kim (director); Kurtis Letwin (treasurer); Maryann Everett (vice chair); Michele Jackson (director); Okama Brook (director); Sarah Denholm (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Y.e.s.s.: Youth Emergency Shelter Society of Edmonton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129537437RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.