Youth With A Mission Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 824556484RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,323,463) as filed with the CRA.
Youth With A Mission Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $15.8M in revenue and $15.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations, 43% from other charities. In 2024, 168 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5.1M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $15M in 2024, the largest being $14.9M to Youth With A Mission (BC) Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To change lives through training and care and demonstrate the love of jesus in the world by making gifts to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.8M | $15.3M | $33K | — | $15M | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $16M | $15.6M | $50K | — | $15.2M | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $14.8M | $14.7M | $46K | — | $14.3M | $941K |
| 2021 | $16.6M | $17M | $18K | — | $16.7M | $776K |
| 2020 | $14.2M | $13.5M | $22K | — | $13.4M | $694K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $15M to 11 qualified donees:
- Youth With A Mission (BC) Society$14.9M
- Youth With A Mission (Canada) Inc.$39K
- Tentmakersministry-Youth With A Mission$3,800
- Youth With A Mission Society$3,524
- Jeunesse en Mission (Québec) inc. / Youth With A Mission (Québec) Inc.$2,078
- Youth with a Mission Society (Medicine Hat)$1,111
- Okanagan Global Gateway Foundation$876
- Youth With a Mission Associates International Society$770
- Youth With A Mission Victoria Society$636
- Mission Ministries Canada$500
- Great Commission Training Society$500
Received $5.1M from 168 charities:
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2.1M
- Abundance Canada$1.3M
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$177K
- Lagniappe Foundation$132K
- Canadahelps Canadon$82K
- Canadahelps Canadon$82K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$60K
- Association of Christian Evangelical Ministries (Canada)$43K
- Milverton Christian Fellowship$42K
- Christian Stewardship Services$41K
- Willow Park Church Mennonite Brethren$39K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$37K
- Broadway Pentecostal Church$36K
- High Level Evangelical Church$33K
- Community Christian Reformed Church of Meadowvale$31K
- South Abbotsford Mennonite Brethern Church$22K
- Grace Mennonite Church Inc.$21K
- Cariboo Road Christian Fellowship Society$18K
- Departure Bay Baptist Church$17K
- Deersbrook Foundation$17K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$16K
- Zion Mennonite Fellowship Inc.$15K
- Christian Fellowship Church$15K
- Faithful Friends Foundation$15K
- Deer Run Church$15K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$299K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Davies (president); Paul Martinson (director); Randy Parizeau (secretary-treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Youth With A Mission Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 824556484RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.