YOUTH AND PHILANTHROPY INITIATIVE CANADA/ INITIATIVE CANADA JEUNESSE ET PHILANTHROPIE
Public foundationFoundations·5204 6 LINE N · COLDWATER, ON · L0K 1E0·BN 840662712RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-06-30
Disbursed to charities T1
55%
of spending, to other registered charities
Operating overhead T1
37%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
1 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$630K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
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Common questions
How do I donate to Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada?
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Is Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 840662712RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 5204 6 LINE N, COLDWATER, ON, L0K 1E0. Source.
What does Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "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…" Full program description.
How much does Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada disburse to other charities?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 55% of its spending went to other registered charities (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $630K (F2024).
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
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… Show more
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 project within any mandatory course. Teachers receive introductory training full program resources and ongoing staff support to run YPI as a curriculum-linked project in all sections of a mandatory course. Students are given authentic responsibility and decision-making power throughout the entire YPI process which sparks then sustains their motivation to engage in their community.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
Disbursed to qualified donees
T1 · computed (open data)55%
Per its F2024 T3010, this share of total spending went to other registered charities.
T3010 line 5050 ÷ 5100 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
37%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
1 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$630K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)32%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
14%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
32%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
14%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
54%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-30 | $1.1M | 43% | 3.3 yr |
| 2020-06-30 | $1.2M | 41% | 3 yr |
| 2021-06-30 | $1.2M | 36% | 3.9 yr |
| 2022-06-30 | $985K | 40% | 2.2 yr |
| 2023-06-30 | $695K | 39% | 1.4 yr |
| 2024-06-30 | $630K | 37% | 1 yr |
| trend |
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Program-spending share is left out: a foundation's lens is what it disburses, which the annual releases don't break out by year. From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
12 directors reported · 12 of 12at arm's length
- Toskan, JulieChairarm's length
- Sargeant, NoelleSecretaryarm's length
- Blais, EricDirectorarm's length
- Jandali Chao, Nadiaarm's length
- Racette, Naomiarm's length
- Wang, Weiarm's length
- Shearer, KristinTreasurerarm's length
- Stolz, FredaDirectorarm's length
- Garza, JorgeDirectorarm's length
- Burton, LeeDirectorarm's length
- Herbert, LaurenSecretaryarm's length
- Soumalias, Marissaarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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