Big Brothers - Big Sisters Association of Colchester
Charitable organization · North River, Nova Scotia · BN 118808179RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,087,451) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers - Big Sisters Association of Colchester is a charitable organization based in North River, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $990K in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 10% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $57K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 98% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Big brothers bib sisters couple matches inschool mentoring peer mentoring go girls/game on dairy bar retail- social enterprise
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $990K | $1.1M | $552K | $468K | — | $730K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $398K | $450K | — | $828K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $354K | $582K | $650 | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $379K | $687K | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $350K | $681K | — | $883K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $57K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$378K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hannah Pugh (president/chair); Sabrina Wolthers (director); Nancy Crosby (treasurer/finance committee ch); Heather Johnson (director/secretary); Shauna Macdonnell (vice president); Andrea Thompson (director); Mary Macisaac (director); Heather Hughes (director); Rachel Sears (director); Devon Laplace (director); Cassidy Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers - Big Sisters Association of Colchester’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118808179RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.