TakingITGlobal is a 5-star charity. The charity has an A+ Results Reporting grade, which is above average. Its overhead spending is 10%, within Ci’s reasonable range, and its reserve funds can cover just over 1 year and 8 months of annual program costs. This is within Ci’s reasonable range. 

Founded in 1999, TakingITGlobal (TIG) aims to engage and connect youth to create a more inclusive, peaceful, and sustainable world. TIG considers people aged fifteen to thirty as youth. TIG runs three main programs: Facilitating Connected Learning, Supporting Youth Action & Social Innovation, and Fostering Creativity & Digital Skills.

The Facilitating Connected Learning program received 59% of program spending. Under this program, Connected North provides educational tools, virtual field trips, cultural exchanges, and training to bring interactive learning to remote Indigenous communities. The program has delivered 1,017,909 minutes of interactive learning to its partner schools. In F2024, Connected North ran over 6,600 virtual field trips, with over 269,000 minutes of live learning. TIG also gave out digital inclusion grants in the form of granting laptops to 711 Indigenous students. Its Nunavut PD week held 25 sessions over five days with 1,093 teacher registrations.

The Supporting Youth Action & Social Innovation program received 27% of program spending. It supports youth through grants, fellowships, and learning experiences to help them create sustainable solutions for their communities. TIG supports Commit2Act, which allows users to record the actions that they take to fight climate change. In F2024, 3,992 actions were submitted and the app tracked that 2,706 tons of CO2 were saved through the reported actions. The program also included the Sprout Ideas Fellowship, which had 64 youth-led projects with over $192k in funds distributed and fifteen Sustainable Development Goals tackled through the projects in F2024. The program also included the Samuel Connect North Youth Leadership Fund, which distributed 38 community project grants and gave out mini grants to 14 Connected North schools in F2024. Through its partnership with YOUNGO, TIG hosted Local Conference of Youth events, with 29,150 attendees, and gave out $9,948 USD in micro-grants.

The Fostering Creativity & Digital Skills program received 15% of program spending. It helps youth build digital skills and confidence as creators. In F2024, it ran the Create to Learn program, with 95,136 views of skill-development resources and 51,459 submissions of artwork and photography to the Global Gallery. Its Code to Learn program, which helps Canadian students and teachers learn coding and robotics with a focus on social justice, reached 100,000 students with 10,000 educators participating.

TakingITGlobal’s audited financial statements follow line-item costing, which is not a best practice. This means Ci referred to its T3010 filings with the CRA to report program, administrative, and fundraising costs.

In F2024, the charity received $2.0m in donations. It also reported $8.1m in government funding, representing 63% of total revenues in F2024. TIG reported $672k in fees for service in F2024.   

TIG spent $7.9m on program costs in F2024. The charity reported $182k in administrative costs, which is 2% of revenue (less investment income) in F2024. The charity reported fundraising costs of $169k, which is 8% of donations. This means that total overhead spending is 10%. For each dollar donated, 90 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Charity Intelligence’s reasonable range.

In F2024, the charity recorded a surplus of $4.3m and had net funding reserves of $13.8m. This reserve can cover 170%, or just over 1 year and 8 months of annual program costs. This is within Charity Intelligence’s limit of 300%.

Profile updated by Leah Holmes on June 23, 2025. This charity report is an update that has been sent to the charity for review. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.