YMCA Academy
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 729746123RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,367,167) as filed with the CRA.
YMCA Academy is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, 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 $2.2M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $459.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The YMCA Academy is a Ministry of Education-inspected alternative middle- and high-school located in downtown Toronto. Our charity facilitates the recruitment of students and assists with garnering financial support for the school and enrolled families. Having first opened its doors 20 years ago the YMCA Academy continues to offer wrap-around special education support to young people who have learning style differences and/or seek a smaller more supportive learning environment. It’s ideal for students with mild learning disabilities diagnoses on the autism spectrum attention issues and a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.4M | $2.2M | — | — | $84K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $2.2M | $2.2M | $0 | $0 | $259K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.7M | — | — | $507K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $429K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1,646 | — | $250K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $459 from 1 charity:
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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeanette Macdonald (director); David Green (board chair); Lesley Davidson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from YMCA Academy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 729746123RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.