107449902RR0001 — 0070
Registered — Surrey, BC — Charitable Organization
Scores: Legitimacy 100/100 · Effectiveness 86/100
Financials: Revenue $5,334,824 · Expenditures $5,981,640
Greater Vancouver Youth for Christ is a long-established faith-based youth services organization whose strong program delivery is shadowed by a compensation structure that consumes nearly 70% of expenditures — the highest-severity flag in its profile. With 59 years of continuous registration and broad programming for marginalized youth across Metro Vancouver, this is a deeply rooted organization running a significant deficit that bears watching.
Our Verdict: A credible, well-established youth ministry with strong program spending and healthy reserves, but donors should be aware that compensation costs are unusually high even for a staffing-intensive charity, and back-to-back deficit years are eroding the financial cushion. The overall picture is solid but not without pressure points.