Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Red Deer and District
Charitable organization · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 132090929RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,322,972) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Red Deer and District is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 32% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $106K.
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 17% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $416K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Providing support for vounteer big brothers and big sisters. Providing screening matching and orientation for volunteers. Matching children and youth with a caring mentor.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $937K | $59K | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $936K | $1.1M | $775K | $51K | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $519K | $489K | $291K | $40K | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $478K | $407K | $254K | $20 | — | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $416K | $399K | $275K | $4,411 | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $106K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$562K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Doug Evans (secretary); Caleb Henry (director); Erik Thorhauer (director); Jody Wiancko (chairperson); Greg Glenn (director); David Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Red Deer and District’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132090929RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.