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.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$8,349,554
- From other charities$6,795,972
- Other gifts$74,573
- Investment income$33,752
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.