Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada Foundation
Public foundation · Burlington, Ontario · BN 847406535RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($16,916) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada Foundation is a public foundation based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, it reported $8,731 in revenue and $17K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $22K.
Compared with 3,278 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to receive and maintain funds and to apply all or a part of the principal and income therefrom to charitable organizations that are registered charities and engaged in mentoring of children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $8,731 | $17K | $6,310 | — | $9,941 | $283K |
| 2020 | $9,691 | $19K | $16K | — | $2,405 | $248K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $22K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2021)
Kimberly Alexander (trustee); Linda Grauper (trustee); Edwin Palsma (trustee); James Hawkey (trustee); Paul Byron (trustee); Stephen Kent (trustee); Graham Segger (treasurer); Michael Klubal (treasurer); W. Matthew Chater (president & ceo bbbsc).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 847406535RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.