Kennedy House Youth Services
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FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements available only through official request for information from Charities Directorate.
C-
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.
82%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 82 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Kennedy House Youth Services:
Kennedy House is 1-star charity that is not financially transparent. It has a below-average C- results reporting grade and, its reserves can finance just over 10 months of its annual program spending. It has 18% overhead spending, meaning for every dollar donated, 82 cents are available to go to the cause. Please read Ci's full report before donating.
Founded in 1971 and serving youth in Toronto, Kennedy House operates residential homes across the city for youths experiencing homelessness or escaping challenging living situations. The charity also offers afterschool programming across Toronto’s public schools and transports youths to and from its residential homes. According to the charity, its efforts help youths become contributing members to their community.
Kennedy House runs three programs: Residential Housing, Youth Justice, and Other Youth Programming. It spent $8.0m on its programs in the March 2024 fiscal year (F2024).
Residential Housing was 42% ($3.4m) of Kennedy House’s program spending. The charity operates the Kennedy House Youth Shelter as well as three residential homes (Kennedy Road House, Kingston Road House, and Galloway Road House). In F2025, it housed 49 youths at these residential homes. Kennedy House also reporting serving over 25,000 meals at its shelter in F2025.
Youth Justice was 37% ($2.9m) of Kennedy House’s program spending and is related to its 12-bed Kennedy House Youth Centre. According to the charity, youths sentenced under the Youth Criminal Justice Act are housed and provided a highly structured environment needed to reduce recidivism. Kennedy House did not report any quantified results for this program at the time of this profile update.
Other Youth Programming was 21% ($1.6m) of Kennedy House’s program spending. The charity offers homework help, tutoring, and extracurricular activities for those in need across Toronto’s public schools. The charity also offers job training for youths at its residential homes. In F2025, Kennedy House provided jobs training to 14 people.
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Results and Impact
Since Kennedy House spent $4.1m on its Residential Housing program and housed 49 youths, it spent an average of $83,427 per youth housed in F2024.
Kennedy House moved 21 former shelter residents to second-stage transitional housing in F2024.
The charity also reported that 17 youths found a job thanks to the employable skills learned during jobs training sessions.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not fully represent Kennedy House’s results and impact.
Ci has not yet rated Kennedy House on its demonstrated social impact per dollar spent. This does not affect its star rating (n/r).
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Finances
Kennedy House is not financially transparent. Its audited financial statements are not publicly available for donors. Ci attempted to retrieve its latest audited statements after contacting the charity but received no reply at the time of this profile update. Accordingly, Ci retrieved its F2024 statements from the CRA.
The charity’s audited financial statements do not adequately separate expenses into program, administrative, and fundraising activities (line-item costing). This is not a best practice.
Kennedy House incorrectly filed its T3010 filings with the CRA as it did not report the amount it spent on fundraising. This is despite the charity clearly running fundraising events such as Coldest Night Of The Year Fundraiser (found on page 11 of its F2024 annual report).
In F2024, Kennedy House received $3.2m in donations (31% of total revenue) and $6.5m of government funding (64% of revenue). Administrative costs are 18% of total revenue excluding investment income and fundraising costs are unknown (reported as 0%). Its 18% overhead means that for every dollar donated, 82 cents are available to go to the cause.
The charity spent $8.0m on its programs in F2024 – a 2% increase from $7.8m spent in F2023. Kennedy House now provides therapy dogs and art therapy at its shelter and is planning an expansion of the Kennedy House Youth Centre.
At the end of F2024, Kennedy House had $6.7m in reserve funds (cash and investments). Its reserves can cover 84% or just over 10 months of its annual program spending.
Profile updated by Julian Dranitsaris on August 14, 2025. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.
Questions? Contact jdranitsaris@charityintelligence.ca
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending March
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2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 17.9% | 12.9% | 12.5% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Total overhead spending | 17.9% | 12.9% | 12.5% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 83.9% | 80.3% | 82.2% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 3,220 | 3,445 | 3,237 |
| Government funding | 6,517 | 5,762 | 5,571 |
| Business activities (net) | 36 | 59 | 36 |
| Investment income | 438 | 54 | 163 |
| Other income | 21 | 133 | 95 |
| Total revenues | 10,232 | 9,452 | 9,102 |
| Program costs | 7,950 | 7,796 | 7,551 |
| Administrative costs | 1,751 | 1,208 | 1,113 |
| Fundraising costs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other costs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total spending | 9,701 | 9,005 | 8,664 |
| Cash flow from operations | 530 | 447 | 438 |
| Capital spending | 176 | 56 | 44 |
| Funding reserves | 6,668 | 6,264 | 6,208 |
Note: 1. LINE-ITEM COSTING: Although Kennedy House’s audited financial statements follow line-item costing, Ci did not use its T3010 filings when estimating expense categories because of material differences between total expenses reported on its audited statements and T3010 filings. Ci estimated program and administrative expenses based on line items reported in its audited statements. 2. INVESTMENT INCOME: Ci included the value of investment income in total revenue, increasing it by $438k in F2024, $54k in F2023, and $163k in F2022. 3. RENTAL INCOME: Ci included the value of rental income in total revenue, increasing it by $36k in F2024, $59k in F2023, and $36k in F2022. 4. RECOVERY OF HST FUNDS: Ci included the value of recovered HST funds reported in expenses in government funding. This affected total revenue by $337k in F2024, $312k in F2023, and $192k in F2022. 5. REPAYMENT OF SURPLUS GOVERNMENT FUNDING: Ci backed out the repayment of surplus government funding to the City of Toronto and the Ontario Ministry of Children. This affected total revenue by ($111k) in F2024, ($10k) in F2023, and ($236k) in F2022. 6. DEFERRED REVENUE: Since Kennedy House follows deferred accounting, Ci adjusted other revenue for changes in deferred contributions to show donors the year-to-year movement of cash within the charity. This affected total revenue by $21k in F2024, $133k in F2023, and $95k in F2022. 7. DEFERRED CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS: Ci adjusted government funding for changes in deferred revenue restricted for capital asset purchases. This affected total revenue by ($122k) in F2024, ($181k) in F2023, and ($205k) in F2022.
Salary Information
$350k + |
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$300k - $350k |
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$250k - $300k |
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$200k - $250k |
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$160k - $200k |
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$120k - $160k |
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$80k - $120k |
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$40k - $80k |
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< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2024
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Comments & Contact
Comments added by the Charity:
Kennedy House Youth Services recently changed its official name to Kennedy House, a name reflective of our growth and reach. When we opened our doors in 1971, we started as an agency in place to support children and youth aged 12-18. Today, we provide support for children & youth up to age 24 through not only program but also through the cultivation of lasting relationships that exist even after youth age out of care.
Our mission statement remains the same: to work with youth to enable them to grow as individuals to contribute as members of the community through residential and community based programs, customized support and trusting relationships.
Please visit our website, www.kennedyhouse.org, for more information.
Charity Contact
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