Young Women's Christian Association of Cambridge
Publicly funded institution · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 119307387RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,034,078) as filed with the CRA.
Young Women's Christian Association of Cambridge is a charitable organization based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $5.8M in revenue and $6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government, 12% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $459K.
Compared with 81 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 103 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.4M in 2020 to $5.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Child care centers summer day camp girls programs (STEPS SHYFT TechGyrls) Small steps to success roots of empathy community awareness and education
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.8M | $6M | $5.6M | $24K | — | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $5.6M | $5.4M | $5M | $16K | — | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $4.9M | $4.8M | $4.5M | $17K | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $3.7M | $3.6M | $27K | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $2.9M | $2.8M | $7,538 | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $459K from 9 charities:
- The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation$300K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$70K
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$62K
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$19K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$5,000
- Erb Street Mennonite Church$1,105
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$768
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions103
- Total compensation, all staff$4.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darlene Siegel; Sue Sturdy (secretary); Christine Vigna (past president); Valarie Pollard (director); Meghan Swan (director); Jess Hewitt (vice-president); Norma McDonald-Ewing (president); Lauren Reny (director); Ailish McIntyre (director); Naomi Ma (director); Stacey Colliver (director); Melissa Kennedy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Young Women's Christian Association of Cambridge’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119307387RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.