Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Breton
Publicly funded institution · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 106793292RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($132,473) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Breton is a charitable organization based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $381K in revenue and $132K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,194.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $117K in 2020 to $381K in 2024.
In its own words
We match children and adults in order to provide mentoring for children and youth. We organize events for our matches to participate in. We provide a one on one program that matches a screened adult with a child between the ages of 6 to 18 years old. We have a couples program available where a screened couple will be matched with a child or youth. We also cross gender match a screened adult with a child or youth. We also have various other programs including go girls game on in school mentoring and strong from the start.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $381K | $132K | — | — | — | $269K |
| 2023 | $105K | $136K | — | — | — | $36K |
| 2022 | $132K | $118K | — | — | — | $66K |
| 2021 | $113K | $103K | $79K | $5,225 | — | $55K |
| 2020 | $117K | $128K | $93K | $14K | — | $42K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,194 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$93K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Breton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106793292RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.