Youth Art Connection
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 847153046RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures (—) as filed with the CRA.
Youth Art Connection is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. 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 $39K in revenue.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,080.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $120K in 2020 to $39K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Yalp: the youth art leadership program teaches youth from marginalized backgrounds to explore ideas around their identity. Their community and social issues they care about. Artpreneurs: a program yac runs around nova scotia where youth workers prefessional artists and business coaches teach youth the basics of entrepreneurship and help them turn their creative passions into business plans and career plans. Artpreneurs-in-a-box-toolkit: yac has developed a multi-media curriculum to accompany the program which will be a resource for oversee youth to use with support of adults or by the…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $39K | — | — | — | — | $17K |
| 2023 | $156K | $59K | — | — | — | $24K |
| 2022 | $154K | $251K | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $172K | — | — | — | — | $23K |
| 2020 | $120K | $124K | $123K | — | — | $18K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,080 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,080
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$7,848
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ryan Veltmeyer (executive director); Kevin Colvey (treasurer director); Moashella Shortte (director); Mariah Barron (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Youth Art Connection’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 847153046RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.