YouthLink
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.
77%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 77 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About YouthLink:
YouthLink is a 4-star rated charity with an average results reporting grade of B. For every dollar donated, 76 cents are available to go towards the cause. Its reserve funds can cover five months of annual program costs.
Founded in 1914, YouthLink aims to develop the strengths and encourage the wellbeing of the youths in Scarborough and Toronto Communities. YouthLink runs five programs, each focusing on a different aspect of community improvement. The programs are: Counselling and Psychotherapy, Community Outreach, Education, Housing and Shelter, and Parenting and Family Support. In fiscal 2023 (year ended March), YouthLink spent $6.0m on these programs. The charity did not provide a program spending breakdown.
Counselling and Psychotherapy: In F2023, YouthLink had 3,950 hours of direct contact with clients. The charity had 1,185 clinical treatment intakes, and 835 enrolments in the What’s Up Walk-In program. 30% of clients accessing YouthLink’s counselling programs identified as Black and 9% identified as transgender, agender, or nonbinary.
Community Outreach: In F2023, 63 youth participated in social/community engagement. 149 youths accessed workshops or school-based programming related to mental health. The new Black Mental Health Matters program hosted 15 consultation meeetings with parents, community leaders and elders, and enrolled 60 youths to participate in workshop sessions.
Education: In F2023, YouthLink provided 8,400 hours of academic support from January to June, an average of 27 hours per student. The charity also provided 970 hours of mentorship programming. In F2023, 66 students graduated, 24 youths enrolled in education programs, and 37 youths started job training.
Housing and Shelter: The charity’s Housing and Shelter program includes medium-term transitional housing and emergency shelter. The charity reports serving 63 youths in the 40-bed transitional housing program in F2023. This program operated at 94% capacity. YouthLink also had 7 youths living in the Danforth Independence Living Apartment.
Parenting and Family Support: The charity’s Journey to Zero program provides resources for family strengthening and served 103 clients in F2023. The Wraparound program works to keep families together and avoid young people going into care. This program served 11 clients in F2023. In total, YouthLink provided 327 hours of direct client services for families in F2023.
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Results and Impact
In F2023, the Emergency Shelter program operated at 98% of capacity. It served 48 youths in a 10-bed shelter by providing 3,589 bed nights.
In YouthLink’s Education program, over 80% of the F2023 graduates are moving on to post-secondary education, and 26 youths began employment.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of YouthLinks results and impact. This charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r).
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Finances
In F2023, YouthLink received $3.4m in donations, up 16% from $2.9m in F2022. In F2023, YouthLink also received $5.0m in government funding, representing 59% of total revenues. Administrative costs are 18% of revenues (less investment income) and fundraising costs are 6% of donations. For every dollar donated, 76 cents are available to go towards the cause. In F2023, YouthLink spent $6.0m on its programs which represents 71% of total revenues.
In F2023, YouthLink had reserve funds of $2.7m. The current reserve funds can cover five months of annual program costs.
Profile updated on August 15, 2024 by Abby Stout.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending March
|
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 17.5% | 16.5% | 14.1% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 5.6% | 8.2% | 5.3% |
| Total overhead spending | 23.0% | 24.6% | 19.4% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 45.4% | 33.9% | 24.4% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 3,519 | 3,117 | 3,172 |
| Government funding | 4,997 | 4,829 | 4,884 |
| Business activities (net) | 12 | 0 | 222 |
| Investment income | 26 | 5 | 4 |
| Other income | 67 | 38 | 66 |
| Total revenues | 8,621 | 7,990 | 8,348 |
| Program costs | 6,030 | 5,934 | 6,212 |
| Administrative costs | 1,502 | 1,314 | 1,174 |
| Fundraising costs | 196 | 255 | 168 |
| Total spending | 7,728 | 7,503 | 7,554 |
| Cash flow from operations | 893 | 488 | 794 |
| Capital spending | 191 | (658) | 590 |
| Funding reserves | 2,738 | 2,012 | 1,517 |
Note: ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING: YouthLink’s audited financial statements do not use activity-based costing. Ci has used the charity’s T3010 filing with the CRA to report program, administrative, and fundraising costs. In F2023, Ci adjusted for a T3010 inconsistency between total expenses reported on the charity’s T3010 and its audited financial statements. This reduced total expenses by $1k in F2023. DEFERRED REVENUE: To report on a cash basis, Ci adjusted for deferred revenue. Non-governmental deferred revenue affected total revenues by $306k in F2023, $166k in F2022, and $97k in F2021. Governmental deferred revenue affected total revenues by $216k in F2023, ($139k) in F2022, and $197k in F2021. DEFERRED CONTRIBUTIONS: To report on a cash basis, Ci adjusted for deferred capital contributions. This affected total revenues by $191k in F2023, $180k in F2022, and $328k in F2021. AMORTIZATION OF DEFERRED CONTRIBUTIONS: Ci adjusted for the amortization of deferred capital contributions. This affected total revenues by ($582k) in F2023, ($502k) in F2022, and ($510k) in F2021. Ci also adjusted for the amortization of deferred contributions related to the disposal of capital assets affecting total revenues by ($58k) in F2022. AMORTIZATION: Ci removed amortization from program, administrative, and fundraising costs on a pro-rata basis.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
1 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
5 |
$40k - $80k |
4 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023
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