Young Caregivers Association
Publicly funded institution · ST. Catherine, Ontario · BN 833370356RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($989,144) as filed with the CRA.
Young Caregivers Association is a charitable organization based in ST. Catherine, Ontario, 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 $998K in revenue and $989K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 77% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $90K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
1) public awareness 2) maintaining community partnerships through education on the needs of young carers 3) provide consultations to social service agencies on program development
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $998K | $989K | $960K | — | — | $75K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1M | $994K | — | — | $66K |
| 2022 | $733K | $747K | $725K | — | — | $70K |
| 2021 | $730K | $744K | $721K | — | — | $84K |
| 2020 | $745K | $747K | $731K | — | — | $98K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $90K from 8 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$37K
- Rexall Care Network$30K
- The Branscombe Family Foundation$15K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$2,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,832
- Rotary Club of Lincoln Foundation Inc.$1,000
- The Charitable Trust of the Rotary Club of Ancaster Morning$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$583K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sonja Bovan (treasurer); Carolyn Finlayson (chair); Wanda Shreve (director); Aminna Syed (director); Lianne Wyatt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Young Caregivers Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833370356RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.