Big Brother Big Sister Foundation of Hamilton and Burlington
Public foundation · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 893079582RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($51,275) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brother Big Sister Foundation of Hamilton and Burlington is a public foundation based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $12K in revenue and $51K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,989.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Camp/education assistance scholarship fund and hockey kids fund. The three funds are used to contribute to the healthy development of children who are primarily from single parent families by: 1) providing the children with a camping experience that supports goals of the big brothers big sister mentoring program 2) providing scholarships to assist former children involved in the mentoring program to achieve post secondary education 3) provide a leadership role in development 4) evaluating the accomplishment of its mission through communications with its customers and stakeholders 5) fi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12K | $51K | $34K | — | — | $289K |
| 2023 | $58K | $2,853 | -$9,638 | — | — | $292K |
| 2022 | $20K | $44K | $24K | — | — | $242K |
| 2021 | $25K | -$2,850 | -$9,000 | — | — | $293K |
| 2020 | $17K | $18K | $12K | — | — | $212K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,989 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mike Abbott (chair); Sherry Brown (director); Douglas Green (director); Jay Green (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brother Big Sister Foundation of Hamilton and Burlington’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893079582RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.