Big Brothers Big Sisters of Centre Wellington
Charitable organization · Fergus, Ontario · BN 133318493RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($467,877) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Centre Wellington is a charitable organization based in Fergus, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $348K in revenue and $468K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 6% from government, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $33K.
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 7% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $585K in 2020 to $348K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Camps mentorship and general programs supporting youth.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $348K | $468K | $167K | $51K | — | $194K |
| 2023 | $385K | $483K | $351K | $58K | — | — |
| 2022 | $439K | $544K | $422K | $57K | — | $396K |
| 2021 | $531K | $507K | $324K | $66K | — | $504K |
| 2020 | $585K | $447K | $277K | $75K | — | $477K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $33K from 9 charities:
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$8,571
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,057
- The Guelph Community Foundation$4,400
- Vancouver Foundation$2,700
- Centre Wellington Community Foundation$1,375
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$569
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$329
- Canadahelps Canadon$96
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$250K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ange Billings (director at large); Heather Deslippe (director at large); Gordon Fillier (director at large); Jessica Grabowski (director at large); Hiba El Harakeh (director at large); Sara Hipson (secretary); Jennifer Maas (vice-chair); Anneli Segura (executive director); Amy Sheilds (chair); Kelly Sobal-Fraser (director at large); Donald Speers (treasurer); Julia Zimmerman (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Centre Wellington’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133318493RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.