Charity BreakdownCanadian charity filings, itemized

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada

Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118808740RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website

Your $100, itemizedBig Brothers Big Sisters of CanadaFiscal year ended December 31, 2024
Charitable programs$44
Gifts to other charities$42
Management & admin$11
Fundraising$3
TOTAL$100
Registered

Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,403,550) as filed with the CRA.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.9M in revenue and $7.4M in expenditures.

Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations, 30% from government. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $973K.

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 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.

It reported gifts to 72 qualified donees totalling $3.1M in 2024, the largest being $528K to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.

In its own words

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada (BBBSC) is the National office for its member agencies in communities across Canada. Together we mobilize over 17 000 volunteers who in turn mentor almost 32 000 children and young people. Young people who face adversity and are in need of an additional consistent and supportive developmental relationship access this critical intervention at no cost to the individual or family. Each Big Brothers Big Sisters agency provides direct service to children by matching volunteers and youth in intentional mentoring relationships to support the young person’s developme…

Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.

The ledger, 2020–2024

YearRevenueSpendingProgramsFundraisingGifts outNet assets
2024$7.9M$7.4M$3.3M$212K$3.1M$1.5M
2023$6.8M$7.5M$3.4M$261K$3M$1M
2022$8M$8.3M$4.3M$254K$3M$1.5M
2021$8.8M$8.6M$4.1M$250K$3.6M$1.9M
2020$8.4M$8M$4.5M$151K$2.7M$1.3M

Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.

Money between charities, 2024

Granted $3.1M to 72 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:

Full grant ledger — all 72 grants

As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.

What it pays

Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:

  • $250,000–299,9991 position
  • $160,000–199,9991 position
  • $120,000–159,9991 position
  • $80,000–119,9995 positions
  • $40,000–79,9992 positions
  • Permanent full-time positions17
  • Total compensation, all staff$1.8M

Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.

Directors & trustees (2024)

Gunvir Kalra (treasurer); Daria Hobeika (secretary); Joshua Liswood (director); James Sliter (vice chair); Ian Cascagnette (director); Raheela Khan (director); Breanne Oliver (chair); Peter MacKay (director); Jay Green (director); Shaun Jeffrey (director).

As listed on its 2024 return.

Check the source

Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118808740RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.