Youth Central Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 899067748RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($911,780) as filed with the CRA.
Youth Central Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $881K in revenue and $912K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from donations, 24% from government. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $449K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Mayor's Youth Council: Youth act as resources to city officials; Youth Volunteer Corps: Youth provide volunteer services to other non-profits and community organizations; Youth Volunteer Corps in Schools: Work with schools to provide/organize volunteer clubs; Youth of Distinction Awards: Award program recognizing youth in Calgary; Youth Are Awesome: A blog-based site where you can access information; Outreach: Provide programming for at-risk and vulnerable youth; Calgary Youth Foundation: Youth volunteers provide funds which support Youth Central's mission; and GRADitude Project: Provides dres…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $881K | $912K | $798K | $4,747 | — | $300K |
| 2023 | $790K | $751K | $659K | $2,323 | — | $331K |
| 2022 | $665K | $635K | — | $2,053 | — | $292K |
| 2021 | $815K | $573K | $459K | $1,168 | — | $262K |
| 2020 | $640K | $630K | $504K | $1,414 | — | $20K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $449K from 14 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$209K
- Werklund Foundation$40K
- The Prosser Charitable Foundation$40K
- Hunter Family Foundation$34K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$28K
- Melton Foundation$22K
- ATCO Electric Epic$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- The Burns Memorial Fund for Children$15K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$8,831
- The Ark Foundation$5,000
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$4,828
- Fondation Desjardins$3,000
- Harry and Martha Cohen Foundation$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$674K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bryce Kapsha (secretary); Yisha Pang (director); Julianne Rohel (chair); Sarah Pervez (vice-chair); Henry Su (treasurer); Mike Doerksen (director); Jason Kraatz (director); Lana Bentley (director); Ranita Charania (director); Katie Novak (director); Elisea De Somma (director); Trevor Galon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Youth Central Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899067748RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.