Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/Initiative Canada Jeunesse et Philanthropie
Public foundation · Coldwater, Ontario · BN 840662712RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($857,074) as filed with the CRA.
Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/Initiative Canada Jeunesse et Philanthropie is a public foundation based in Coldwater, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $630K in revenue and $857K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 14% from government, 36% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $315K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 98 qualified donees totalling $469K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Youth Without Shelter Terra House North Toronto Emergency Residence and Referral Agency. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $630K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
YPI Canada is an innovative public foundation and world leader in youth-led participatory grant-making. We offer an inclusive fully-resourced and equity-focused youth civic education project that takes place in high schools across Canada. YPI grants hundreds of thousands of dollars to community-based social service charities each year 100% based on the research and peer-to-peer advocacy of thousands of teenagers who participate in our annual project. YPI takes place in high schools where it is implemented inclusively to all students across grade 9 or 10 as a curriculum-linked graded pr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $630K | $857K | $244K | $54K | $469K | $37K |
| 2023 | $695K | $829K | $220K | $59K | $470K | $264K |
| 2022 | $985K | $1.1M | $375K | $124K | $503K | $398K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1M | $320K | $95K | $503K | $543K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $292K | $114K | $619K | $338K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $469K to 98 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Youth Without Shelter Terra House North Toronto Emergency Residence and Referral Agency$5,000
- YWCA British Columbia$5,000
- YMHC Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Women's House Serving Bruce & Grey$5,000
- Women's Hostels Incorporated$5,000
- Women's Centre of Calgary$5,000
- Welland Heritage Council and Multicultural Centre$5,000
- Victoria Disability Resource Centre$5,000
- Victim Services of Peel$5,000
- Umbrella Society for Addictions and Mental Health$5,000
- Treehouse Advocacy Centre Society Vancouver$5,000
- Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank$5,000
- Their Opportunity Minor Sports Corporation$5,000
- The Stop Community Food Centre$5,000
- The Sonshine Street Preschool$5,000
- L'Arbre Social/The Social Tree$5,000
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$5,000
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$5,000
- The Ottawa Mission$5,000
- The Ottawa Food Bank/la Banque d'Alimentation d'Ottawa$5,000
- The Mustard Seed Foundation$5,000
- Zajac Ranch Society$5,000
- The Good Shepherd Centre Hamilton$5,000
- The Kristen French Child Advocacy Centre Niagara$5,000
- Stepstones for Youth$5,000
Received $315K from 15 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$120K
- Werklund Foundation$55K
- The Molson Foundation/fondation Molson$50K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$25K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$25K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$17K
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$5,000
- Durham Community Foundation$4,000
- Trafalgar Castle School$2,500
- Greenwood College School$2,500
- The Linden School$2,500
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$2,500
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$2,500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$750
- Canadahelps Canadon$154
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$276K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eric Blais (director); Naomi Racette; Wei Wang; Kristin Shearer (treasurer); Freda Stolz (director); Lauren Herbert (secretary); Marissa Soumalias.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/Initiative Canada Jeunesse et Philanthropie’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 840662712RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.