Yo Bro Yo Girl Youth Initiative Society
Charitable organization · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 825104649RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,341,770) as filed with the CRA.
Yo Bro Yo Girl Youth Initiative Society is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 5% from government, 28% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $456K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $924K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Administers programs for youth that provide active mentorship physical fitness and genuine dialogue about the impact of drug and gang influence in schools.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $53K | — | $357K |
| 2023 | $954K | $1.3M | $1.2M | $54K | — | $145K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $44K | — | $507K |
| 2021 | $656K | $717K | $657K | $30K | — | $508K |
| 2020 | $924K | $723K | $664K | $30K | — | $568K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $456K from 15 charities:
- The Annual Foundation$155K
- Lending a Hand Society$84K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$57K
- SpencerCreo Foundation$50K
- Diamond Foundation$30K
- Wesmont Foundation$20K
- United Way British Columbia$15K
- Tony & Betty Infilise Family Foundation$10K
- Relling Family Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$10K
- Loran Scholars Foundation$7,000
- Timothy A. Young Family Foundation$5,000
- Delta Community Foundation$3,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$65
- Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society—
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$889K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sarah Soukhaphonh (interim acting treasurer); Barry Capozzi (secretary); Kevin Lee (director); Mary Martin (chair); Kevin Torvik (director); Justin Borsato (director); Joanna Angelidis (vice chair); Paulo Sarmento (director); Howard Chow (director); Dylan Van Rooyen (director); Yves Lacasse (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Yo Bro Yo Girl Youth Initiative Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 825104649RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.