BGC Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton and Area Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 118808799RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,013,901) as filed with the CRA.
BGC Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton and Area Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $9M in revenue and $9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 35% from government, 25% from other charities. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $905K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 112 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9M | $9M | $7.6M | $286K | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $8.4M | $8.3M | $7M | $308K | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $7.5M | $7.5M | $6.2M | $340K | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $7.6M | $7.4M | $6.3M | $240K | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $7.5M | $7.5M | $6.3M | $340K | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $905K from 28 charities:
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$366K
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada/Les repaires jeunesse du Canada$164K
- Carthy Foundation$75K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$61K
- The Robbins Foundation Canada$50K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$34K
- Canadahelps Canadon$34K
- Woco Foundation$20K
- Edmonton Realtors' Charitable Foundation$10K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$10K
- ST Paul's Foundation (edmonton)$8,373
- United Way of Calgary and Area$6,500
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada Foundation Fondation les Repaires Jeunesse du Canada$5,916
- Jays CARE Foundation$5,000
- William & Florence Lede Family Foundation$5,000
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$4,038
- Wolfe Pack Warriors Foundation$2,000
- Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation$1,723
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,550
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,516
- Appleyard Foundation$1,500
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Alberta$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$750
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$462
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions112
- Total compensation, all staff$7.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from BGC Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton and Area Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118808799RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.