Big Brothers/ Big Sisters Association of North Durham Region
Charitable organization · Port Perry, Ontario · BN 891045247RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($591,955) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers/ Big Sisters Association of North Durham Region is a charitable organization based in Port Perry, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $659K in revenue and $592K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 34% from government, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $163K.
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 15% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $303K in 2020 to $659K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Community-based metoring program: adults in north durham are matched wit a child aged 6-16 of the same gender. This adult (big) provides support to the child (little) as the child navigates challenges to becoming a healthy adult. This program offers children and youth to connect with an adult to share the different expreiences in growing up together. Our matches meet within the community between 2-4 hours per week. In-school mentoring: in partenership with durham district school & cathloic boards this program is offered to schools in the brock scugog & uxbridge area. Adult volunteers and col…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $659K | $592K | $352K | $189K | — | $548K |
| 2023 | $591K | $461K | $327K | $101K | — | $432K |
| 2022 | $471K | $408K | $209K | $146K | — | $303K |
| 2021 | $449K | $336K | $202K | $82K | — | $243K |
| 2020 | $303K | $260K | $181K | $48K | $0 | $130K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $163K from 10 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$69K
- Aqueduct Foundation$30K
- United Way of Durham Region$25K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,277
- The M.H. Brigham Foundation$5,000
- Port Perry Pastoral Charge$4,000
- Canada Gives$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,157
- United Way of Greater Toronto$200
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
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$256K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
William Swan (past chairman); Paula McMurty (chairman); Rhiannon Court (director); Michelle Carpenter (vice chair); John Markfoff (director); Katherine McKenzie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers/ Big Sisters Association of North Durham Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891045247RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.