YEF Youth Education Farms Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 819665860RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($996) as filed with the CRA.
YEF Youth Education Farms Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $2,431 in revenue and $996 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $930.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $13K in 2020 to $2,431 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The charity creates and provides community agricultural projects that in turn provide education to vulnerable children living in swaziland. The charity also provides education in hiv/aids and other life skills.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,431 | $996 | $72 | — | — | $30K |
| 2023 | $27K | $14K | $13K | — | — | $39K |
| 2022 | $38K | $10K | $10K | — | — | $46K |
| 2021 | $18K | $13K | $12K | — | — | $26K |
| 2020 | $13K | $28K | $24K | $297 | — | $38K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $930 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Mari (president); Brandon Mari (director); Michael Mackay (director); David Mandell (director); Jeff Jacobson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from YEF Youth Education Farms Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819665860RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.