Youth Empowerment and Support Services
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
✔+
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
B+
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
n/r
DEMONSTRATED IMPACT
The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.
NEED FOR FUNDING
Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.
60%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 60 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Youth Empowerment and Support Services:
Youth Empowerment and Support Services is a 4-star charity that is financially transparent. It has an above average results reporting grade and overhead costs outside Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
Founded in 1981, Youth Empowerment and Support Services (YESS), formally Youth Emergency Shelter Society, supports youth in crisis in Edmonton. The charity states that crises can happen anytime, and youth need a place to stabilize and sleep during the day. YESS reports an average cost of $6,482 to serve one youth for the year. The charity states that EndPovertyEdmonton reported in 2015 it costs $100k to serve an addicted homeless adult for a year.
In June 2023 YESS moved its Armoury Building services to its Whyte Ave, Edmonton location. These services include daytime programs such as medical care, counseling, and guidance for youth. It also runs a 16-bed shelter which operates 24/7 and is also located in the Whyte Ave building. YESS consolidated these services as there was a decline in attendance at the Armoury Building. YESS youth and research done by the charity also indicated it was preferable to have both resources at the same site.
YESS follows a four phase intake process for youth in crisis who seek their support. Phase one consists of an initial welcome and determining the youth’s immediate needs. Phase two uses a regulation checklist to identify needs that must be addressed within seven days of the initial intake. In phase three child and youth care counselors assess the youth’s self literacy and safety needs. In phase four YESS refers the youth to its community partners based on its assessments. YESS programs served 897 youth in F2024. Of those youth, 35% identified under the gender expression umbrella of 2SLGBTQIA+.
YESS also ran Shanoa’s Place, which was a temporary six-bed supportive home. It served 25 youth in F2024. As of April 1, 2024, YESS closed Shanoa’s Place.
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Results and Impact
YESS chef Tiffany Sorensen won the Janet Hughes Award from Edmonton’s Food Bank. This award honors an individual’s commitment to direct food relief and solving the underlying causes of hunger.
Delalie Mortotsi, Director of Programs at YESS, won the EMCN RISE Community Champion Award. This award recognizes the winner's commitment to positively affecting the lives of people around them.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Youth Empowerment and Support Services’ results and impact.
The charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r).
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Finances
In F2024 Youth Empowerment and Support Services received $3.8m in donations and special events fundraising. Administrative costs are 18% of revenues (excluding investment income). Fundraising costs are 22% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 40%. For every dollar donated, 60 cents are available to go to the cause. This falls outside Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
In F2024 YESS spent $3.7m on its programs, which is 60% of its revenue. In F2024 it had a surplus of $627k.
Youth Empowerment and Support Services has $3.5m in reserve funds. This can cover 95%, or eleven months of its annual program spending.
This charity report is an update that has been sent for review to Youth Empowerment and Support Services. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on July 31, 2024, by Grady Simpson.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending March
|
2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 18.4% | 20.1% | 17.6% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 21.9% | 21.0% | 24.3% |
| Total overhead spending | 40.2% | 41.1% | 41.9% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 94.7% | 71.6% | 67.4% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 3,796 | 3,366 | 2,989 |
| Government funding | 252 | 941 | 1,996 |
| Fees for service | 1,280 | 1,011 | 987 |
| Lotteries (net) | 40 | 112 | 68 |
| Special events | 197 | 446 | 136 |
| Investment income | 655 | (70) | 209 |
| Other income | 0 | 4 | 26 |
| Total revenues | 6,220 | 5,809 | 6,411 |
| Program costs | 3,700 | 4,033 | 5,286 |
| Administrative costs | 1,021 | 1,180 | 1,092 |
| Fundraising costs | 872 | 801 | 760 |
| Total spending | 5,593 | 6,013 | 7,137 |
| Cash flow from operations | 627 | (204) | (726) |
| Capital spending | 70 | 118 | 171 |
| Funding reserves | 3,502 | 2,888 | 3,561 |
Note: DEFERRED ADJUSTMENT: YESS uses deferred accounting. To show donors information on a consistent basis, Ci adjusted for these deferred revenues. This affected revenues by $22k in F2024, $310k in F2023, and ($1.1m) in F2022. DEFERRED CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS: Ci adjusted for deferred capital contributions. This affected revenues by ($140k) in F2024, ($104k) in F2023, and ($28k) in F2022.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
3 |
$40k - $80k |
6 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2024
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