Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clarington
Publicly funded institution · Whitby, Ontario · BN 106793110RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($391,224) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clarington is a charitable organization based in Whitby, Ontario, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $345K in revenue and $391K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 60% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $88K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Providing big/little brother and big/little sister matches for children from single parent homes. Providing in school mentoring for children in grades kindergarden to 8. We also provide co-op placements for high school and college students as part of our in school mentoring program. We run a 'go girls' group program for girls ages 12 to 14 yrs and a summer leadership day camp for children ages 9 to 14 along with a group mentoring program for children on our waitinglist. Child safety training is facilitated for all children in our programs and an after school drop in program is open to all chi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $345K | $391K | $201K | $25K | — | $289K |
| 2023 | $400K | $194K | $290K | $45K | — | $116K |
| 2022 | $324K | $338K | $256K | $38K | — | $160K |
| 2021 | $362K | $367K | $292K | $21K | — | $159K |
| 2020 | $364K | $362K | $266K | $11K | — | $164K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $88K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$185K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Chris Chadwick (director); Greg Worboy (director); Amanda Lajeunesse (director); Richard White (director); Steve Maddiss (chair); Lyndsay Riddoch (vice chair); Tarah McMaster (director); Mike Choi (treasurer); Leslie Reid (secretary); Mark Repath (director).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clarington’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106793110RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.