Big Brothers Big Sisters Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Incorporated
Charitable organization · Kingston, Ontario · BN 132351248RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($785,532) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Kingston, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $843K in revenue and $786K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 36% from government, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $303K.
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 38% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $341K in 2020 to $843K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Operated an in-school mentoring program at 9 schools. Set up group mentoring program and one to one programs in schools and one to one community based mentoring.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $843K | $786K | $648K | $120K | — | $314K |
| 2023 | $634K | $623K | $512K | $94K | — | $256K |
| 2022 | $568K | $567K | $504K | $45K | — | $246K |
| 2021 | $299K | $245K | $202K | $26K | — | $245K |
| 2020 | $341K | $244K | $193K | $34K | — | $191K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $303K from 9 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$138K
- United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington$75K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$51K
- Community Foundation for Kingston & Area$17K
- Community Response to Neighbourhood Concerns (crnc)$6,250
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,130
- The Lealand Foundation$5,000
- Community Foundation for Lennox & Addington$4,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$486K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Greg Dobney (past - president); Jacqueline Collier (president); Gary McCabe (treasurer); Peter Dawe (member); Holly Smith (secretary); Sean Brophy (member); Scott Gillam (vice president); Patty Gollogly (member); Steve Koopman (member); Jay McClement (member); Adam Candon (member); Stewart Clark (member); Jennifer Achim (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132351248RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.