Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Williams Lake
Publicly funded institution · Williams Lake, British Columbia · BN 118808369RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($192,600) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Williams Lake is a charitable organization based in Williams Lake, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $182K in revenue and $193K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,657.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Big brothers and big sisters: match children with volunteers who spend one on one time on a weekly basis providing friendship and guidance. In school mentoring: high school students are matched with a student in elementary school providing emotional support
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $182K | $193K | — | — | — | $98K |
| 2023 | $255K | $244K | — | — | — | $108K |
| 2022 | $251K | $243K | $19K | $17K | — | $98K |
| 2021 | $253K | $251K | $20K | — | — | $90K |
| 2020 | $209K | $243K | $3,925 | $29K | — | $94K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,657 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$122K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Coral Atchison (chair); Clare Hauser (vice chair); Britney Anderson (secretary); Rachel Meldrum (treasurer); Trevor Bigg (director); Daniel Penny (director); Nick Maviglia (director); Rachel Meldrum (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Williams Lake’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118808369RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.