Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Halifax
Charitable organization · Bedford, Nova Scotia · BN 106793235RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,735,687) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Halifax is a charitable organization based in Bedford, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 9% from government, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $522K.
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 3% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Big Brothers Big Sisters facilitates and supports developmental relationships between a child/youth facing adversity and an adult mentor. Programs are customized to the needs of the youth served to mitigate the long-term effects of adverse childhood experiences. Each relationship is professionally supported engaging the child/youth the mentor and the parent/caregiver to ensure optimum outcomes. The programs are designed to meet diverse needs and include Big Brothers Big Sisters 2SLGBTQ+ and Big Couples. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Halifax runs a social enterprise 'ReNew Crew' w…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $618K | $486K | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $555K | $884K | — | $910K |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.7M | $562K | $907K | — | $819K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | — | $456K |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $604K | $747K | — | $300K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $522K from 23 charities:
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$92K
- Canadahelps Canadon$74K
- Canadahelps Canadon$74K
- Halifax Youth Foundation$50K
- The Windsor Foundation$50K
- The Joyce Family Foundation$40K
- J and W Murphy Foundation$40K
- River Philip Foundation$20K
- Halifax Protestant Infants Foundation$15K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$10K
- John Carl Macisaac Foundation$10K
- Walker Wood Foundation$9,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$8,955
- The Christina and Hedley G. Ivany Charitable Foundation$7,500
- London Community Foundation$7,400
- Black Family Foundation$5,000
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$3,000
- Craig Foundation$2,000
- Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent$1,500
- Fondation SSQ Inc.$1,000
- The Retired Teachers Foundation$785
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$514
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$82
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Safia Rahemtulla (past chair); Michael Lawrence (v. chair operations); Ryan Gillcash (chair); Brenda Saunders/Todd (director); Morgan Wiper (treasurer); Jaqueline Ferguson (director); James Goode (director); Erin Mitchell (director); Cory Porteous (v chair community engagement); Grant Walker (secretary); Wafaa Abousamak (director); Colin Marinelli (director); Ellen Snook (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Halifax’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106793235RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.